# Self-hosting **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=124 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 125 --- ## [Installed but no email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-but-no-email/98008)
**Author:** [@Welzel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Welzel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-but-no-email/98008 "2018-09-25T15:42:29Z")
Hey! I have configurated everything (domain, DNS, Mailjet) and used the Digital Ocean one click installation. After the configuration in consuled i followed the steps to register the admin account, but I haven’t receiv… --- ## [Digital Ocean vs Linode?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-vs-linode/107783)
**Author:** [@DannyUSBP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DannyUSBP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-vs-linode/107783 "2019-01-28T18:54:42Z")
I saw you guys discussed hosted installation on digital ocean and Linode. May you please tell me what are the minimum CPU, RAM and other resources I need to have on a hosted installation. Also is there anything that make… --- ## [Accessing to the database from outside the container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessing-to-the-database-from-outside-the-container/45257)
**Author:** [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessing-to-the-database-from-outside-the-container/45257 "2016-06-06T02:44:04Z")
How can i access to the database from ouside the container but in the same server (local) I open the port in app.yml expose: - "4002:5432" #postgres Try to connect from outside with psql -h 127.17.0.1 -p 4002 -d po… --- ## [Installing docker-discourse folder in /var/discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-docker-discourse-folder-in-var-discourse/107633)
**Author:** [@abhigyank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abhigyank)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-docker-discourse-folder-in-var-discourse/107633 "2019-01-28T11:37:25Z")
Hello everyone, The docker installation suggests to install discourse in the /var/discourse folder. In our server, we use Docker containerization technology to isolation application, and have a workspace folder in the h… --- ## [Discourse on Siteground Cloud](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-siteground-cloud/94196)
**Author:** [@jidetheblogger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidetheblogger)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-siteground-cloud/94196 "2019-01-27T16:49:50Z")
Hi! Has anyone been able to setup Discourse on SiteGround cloud ? --- ## [Get Discourse running on localhost on Chromebook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-discourse-running-on-localhost-on-chromebook/107613)
**Author:** [@KoolKidz112](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KoolKidz112)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-discourse-running-on-localhost-on-chromebook/107613 "2019-01-27T16:04:38Z")
Hello! I have a Chromebook and would like to get Discourse running on a localhost server for testing purposes but have no idea how to do this on Chromebook. Any help? --- ## [Installed discourse on a server that already runs a webserver, domain just redirects to subdomain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-discourse-on-a-server-that-already-runs-a-webserver-domain-just-redirects-to-subdomain/107645)
**Author:** [@MayusYT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MayusYT)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-discourse-on-a-server-that-already-runs-a-webserver-domain-just-redirects-to-subdomain/107645 "2019-01-27T15:35:12Z")
Hi! I just set up discourse and then followed this guide. My subdomain for the forum is forum.example.com. However, when I go to example.com, I just get redirected to forum.example.com Here is my Namecheap DNS setting… --- ## [Need some assistance for setting up a subdomain when there is already a webserver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-some-assistance-for-setting-up-a-subdomain-when-there-is-already-a-webserver/107639)
**Author:** [@MayusYT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MayusYT)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-some-assistance-for-setting-up-a-subdomain-when-there-is-already-a-webserver/107639 "2019-01-27T10:26:12Z")
Hi! I just bought a domain at Namecheap.com. I have a server with just one IP and I would like to run Discourse on the port 8080 as 80 is already occupied by my website. When I want to setup an A record for discourse … --- ## [SMTP isn't working with Amazon SES](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-isnt-working-with-amazon-ses/106527)
**Author:** [@BobHill74](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BobHill74)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/smtp-isnt-working-with-amazon-ses/106527 "2019-01-14T23:10:03Z")
So when I enter in my SMTP server for discourse and all the info. I go to register, and the email won’t send I’ve used multiple platforms but I can’t seem to get it working. Could someone please help me? Thank you! … --- ## [Running discourse on Google or AWS free tier?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-on-google-or-aws-free-tier/107487)
**Author:** [@vitorl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vitorl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-discourse-on-google-or-aws-free-tier/107487 "2019-01-25T11:31:29Z")
Does it work well? Is there some kind of benchmarking recommend to see the difference? I’m thinking about ditching my small VPS if Google can offer the same performance for free… It’s a very small forum and I cache mos… --- ## [No connection to db issue](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-connection-to-db-issue/107210)
**Author:** [@James\_Park](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Park)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-connection-to-db-issue/107210 "2019-01-23T17:34:28Z")
Hi All, I am trying to set up Discourse on Windows subsystem for Linux and keep running into this issue. I must have gone through the steps at least 3 times now. I got to the part of starting redis and postgres and suc… --- ## ["This webpage is not available ERR\_NAME\_NOT\_RESOLVED"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-webpage-is-not-available-err-name-not-resolved/35136)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Steiger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chris_Steiger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-webpage-is-not-available-err-name-not-resolved/35136 "2015-11-01T02:43:49Z")
I’m having a lot of my users complain about being unable to access our forums, seeing the message “This webpage is not available ERR\_NAME\_NOT\_RESOLVED”. It seems to be somehow specific to Chrome, and I know DNS flushing… --- ## [I can not install Discourse in my VPS: bootstrap Failed all the time!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-can-not-install-discourse-in-my-vps-bootstrap-failed-all-the-time/106331)
**Author:** [@Elvis\_Hernandez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Elvis_Hernandez)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-can-not-install-discourse-in-my-vps-bootstrap-failed-all-the-time/106331 "2019-01-12T19:50:49Z")
I am trying to install Discourse on my VPS with Ubuntu 18.04. I follow the instructions given in Github and it allways end with the following error: FAILED -------------------- Pups::ExecError: cd /var/www/discourse && … --- ## [AUFS was not found in /proc/filesystems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aufs-was-not-found-in-proc-filesystems/107186)
**Author:** [@pirmax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pirmax)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/aufs-was-not-found-in-proc-filesystems/107186 "2019-01-22T16:56:29Z")
AUFS is recommended to install Discourse on dedicated server with Docker. I try since 5 days to install Discourse on my CT (container with Ubuntu). It’s a fresh installation of Ubuntu. When I type dockerd in console, … --- ## [UI not loading after git pull update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-not-loading-after-git-pull-update/107154)
**Author:** [@sindork](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sindork)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ui-not-loading-after-git-pull-update/107154 "2019-01-22T10:22:48Z")
Just ran a git pull and rebuild my discourse instance. Webserver is running. Background loads. But there is no UI. Pretty much nothing in the body tags loads. I’ve tried rebuilding the app and restarting my server. Still… --- ## [Fresh Discourse install on digitalocean, cannot activate account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fresh-discourse-install-on-digitalocean-cannot-activate-account/107083)
**Author:** [@Airwarfare](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Airwarfare)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2019, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fresh-discourse-install-on-digitalocean-cannot-activate-account/107083 "2019-01-21T21:58:43Z")
Hello everyone, after following the guide for discourse here (discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub) I seem to run into an error that I cannot find anything on, When I connect to discours… --- ## [Initial configuration directly from \`app.yml\` (discourse-docker / INSTALL-cloud.md)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/initial-configuration-directly-from-app-yml-discourse-docker-install-cloud-md/106488)
**Author:** [@consideRatio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/consideRatio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/initial-configuration-directly-from-app-yml-discourse-docker-install-cloud-md/106488 "2019-01-21T14:31:32Z")
Thank you for creating discourse and making it open source! It is great! UPDATE: Wiser by finding the name site-settings, I found this related question: Docker deployment with custom site\_settings.yml I followed the IN… --- ## [What to do after editing /etc/gai.conf](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-to-do-after-editing-etc-gai-conf/106203)
**Author:** [@gascn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gascn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-to-do-after-editing-etc-gai-conf/106203 "2019-01-17T15:45:55Z")
I followed this guide since I cannot send test email on my forum site and i always got this error. here was a problem sending the test email. Please double-check your mail settings, verify that your host is not blockin… --- ## [How Do I Uninstall SSL Certificate?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-uninstall-ssl-certificate/105563)
**Author:** [@Mohammad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohammad)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-uninstall-ssl-certificate/105563 "2019-01-04T23:27:54Z")
Hi, Last year I installed SSL certificate from hostgator on my discourse forum hosted at Digital ocean. The certificate has expired and now I can not even access my forum and the site at https://ask.mybloggertricks.com/ … --- ## [Can't rebuilt app, says you have less than 5GB space on the disk](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rebuilt-app-says-you-have-less-than-5gb-space-on-the-disk/106791)
**Author:** [@Mohammad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mohammad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-rebuilt-app-says-you-have-less-than-5gb-space-on-the-disk/106791 "2019-01-17T13:02:46Z")
Hi I am finding it quite difficult to update my discourse through PuTTY. When I run the command cd /var/discourse git pull ./launcher rebuild app I get the following message You have less than 5GB of free space on th… --- ## [Error "relation 'users' does not exist" when installing discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-relation-users-does-not-exist-when-installing-discourse/99246)
**Author:** [@UnivacTwo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UnivacTwo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-relation-users-does-not-exist-when-installing-discourse/99246 "2019-01-17T09:24:20Z")
Hello, I am trying to install a new discourse on a clean server but I get this error: I, \[2018-10-11T04:28:17.965799 #14\] INFO -- : \> cd /var/www/discourse && su discourse -c 'bundle exec rake db:migrate' 2018-10-11 0… --- ## [Oauth2 with fusionauth cert issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth2-with-fusionauth-cert-issues/106324)
**Author:** [@danchik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danchik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2019, 1:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth2-with-fusionauth-cert-issues/106324 "2019-01-17T01:29:38Z")
I am having certificate issue (looks like right after call back returns from oauth2). Discourse and fusionauth are both behind nginx that listens on 443 and proxies to both via http, and fusionauth is the authenticator … --- ## [Errno::ENOMEM: Cannot allocate memory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/errno-cannot-allocate-memory/43736)
**Author:** [@SkritterJosh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SkritterJosh)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/errno-cannot-allocate-memory/43736 "2019-01-16T19:36:52Z")
I just ran an update and got the following error. Then when I refreshed the page to run it again it showed that the update had already been applied. Any thoughts? Errno::ENOMEM: Cannot allocate memory - gzip -f -c -7 /v… --- ## [Does Discourse use Mailgun's validations feature?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-use-mailguns-validations-feature/106580)
**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-use-mailguns-validations-feature/106580 "2019-01-16T12:40:48Z")
I’ve been looking at the recommended email providers page and comparing the recommended options. If we chose Mailgun, would Discourse use its validations feature, or does it handle all validations itself? I’m not sure if… --- ## [Building a Discourse image without baking in the database password?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-discourse-image-without-baking-in-the-database-password/106538)
**Author:** [@dkess](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dkess)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-discourse-image-without-baking-in-the-database-password/106538 "2019-01-16T00:27:40Z")
I am interested in running Discourse on my organization’s Kubernetes cluster. To do this, we can use the launcher script to build the image, push it to our Docker repo, and run it in the cluster. But building the image s… --- ## [Cannot connect to IP address and no errors in log](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-connect-to-ip-address-and-no-errors-in-log/106464)
**Author:** [@Real\_Time](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Real_Time)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-connect-to-ip-address-and-no-errors-in-log/106464 "2019-01-14T23:56:17Z")
I am not sure how much information to include in this topic, so let me know if information should be added. Here is a summary: I am installing Discourse on a Digital Ocean droplet, using my own ssl keys. The initial in… --- ## [Migrate\_to\_s3 task fails for placing too many requests](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-to-s3-task-fails-for-placing-too-many-requests/106305)
**Author:** [@marcozambi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marcozambi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-to-s3-task-fails-for-placing-too-many-requests/106305 "2019-01-14T16:39:13Z")
So, I’ve been fighting for a few days for uploading my locally stored uploads to DigitalOcean Spaces, and after a lot of struggling I managed to run the rake uploads:migrate\_to\_s3, even if so far none of my tries are bei… --- ## [Installed Discource on Digital Ocean, but now cannot install nginx?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-discource-on-digital-ocean-but-now-cannot-install-nginx/106361)
**Author:** [@smlemk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smlemk)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-discource-on-digital-ocean-but-now-cannot-install-nginx/106361 "2019-01-14T04:00:23Z")
Let’s start with I have no idea what I’m doing but I make it work most the time. I got discource completely configured and working on a subdomain. I was going to install nginx and slug my way through setting up my main … --- ## [New Discourse Installation: Emoji's not appearing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-installation-emojis-not-appearing/106465)
**Author:** [@Indominus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Indominus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-discourse-installation-emojis-not-appearing/106465 "2019-01-14T03:03:39Z")
Hi there, I briefly searched through but could not find something similar to this that had a fix. I just installed Discourse on a DigitalOcean droplet and I’ve noticed that the emojis and user profile images (default sy… --- ## [Docker install on MacOS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-on-macos/60710)
**Author:** [@kubudubu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kubudubu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-install-on-macos/60710 "2019-01-12T18:59:07Z")
Is it possible somehow to run working discourse on Docker in MacOS system? I have some issues with that, obtaining errors, such as: Ensuring launcher is up to date Fetching origin Launcher is up-to-date cd /pups && git … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=123) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=125)