# Self-hosting **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=143 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 144 --- ## [Awareness for path dependencies when setting up a discourse forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/awareness-for-path-dependencies-when-setting-up-a-discourse-forum/57770)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/awareness-for-path-dependencies-when-setting-up-a-discourse-forum/57770 "2017-04-11T08:15:56Z")
One of the most time consuming tasks for someone setting up a new forum with discourse is to figure out which decisions need to be made immediately (because it’s difficult or impossible to change them later, i.e. they cr… --- ## [Problem after update to 1.8.0.beta10 (today)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-after-update-to-1-8-0-beta10-today/60776)
**Author:** [@JagWaugh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JagWaugh)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-after-update-to-1-8-0-beta10-today/60776 "2017-04-11T15:06:07Z")
This on my sandbox (plain install per 30 minute on an AWS Ubuntu 16.04 isntance), previous update was 4 days ago, after which it ran fine. All I did was: cd /var/discourse git pull ./launcher rebuild app No errors dur… --- ## [Problems with docker and kernel on digital ocean](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-docker-and-kernel-on-digital-ocean/60627)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-docker-and-kernel-on-digital-ocean/60627 "2017-04-10T17:24:24Z")
On the forum I use as a test bed, I just did some normal maintenance routines, and now I get this error during a rebuild Removing old container + /usr/bin/docker rm app Error response from daemon: Driver aufs failed to … --- ## [Free hosting to test out Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-to-test-out-discourse/60250)
**Author:** [@lsaredux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lsaredux)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-to-test-out-discourse/60250 "2017-04-01T04:11:09Z")
I just want to be able to upload Discourse to a host temporarily so I can test out the software and admin panel. I have a forum project going on and we are thinking about using this software but many of my colleagues are… --- ## [Ansible-discourse: Install Discourse with Ansible (without Docker)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ansible-discourse-install-discourse-with-ansible-without-docker/31215)
**Author:** [@jamielinux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamielinux)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ansible-discourse-install-discourse-with-ansible-without-docker/31215 "2016-07-30T09:41:25Z")
ansible-discourse is an Ansible playbook I created to easily deploy Discourse without Docker. It supports several distributions, including CentOS, Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu. This installation method is completely unsuppo… --- ## [Problems with Digital Ocean DNS lookups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-digital-ocean-dns-lookups/60025)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-digital-ocean-dns-lookups/60025 "2017-03-29T16:41:16Z")
This is the first time I remember seeing any problems with Digital Ocean in the couple years I’ve been dealing with them. They use Google’s DNS servers by default, and Google is rate-limiting them. I don’t know whether t… --- ## [Major woes upgrading from 1.6.0 to 1.8.0 -- broken site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/major-woes-upgrading-from-1-6-0-to-1-8-0-broken-site/60014)
**Author:** [@AgustinCordes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AgustinCordes)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/major-woes-upgrading-from-1-6-0-to-1-8-0-broken-site/60014 "2017-03-29T15:24:45Z")
This is the first major problem I’ve ran into while maintaining two Discourse sites. The (currently) broken forum had two particularities but installation was done by the book. One of these special settings is Spanish lo… --- ## [Line 481 error for ./discourse-setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/line-481-error-for-discourse-setup/59926)
**Author:** [@Daily\_SHOCK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daily_SHOCK)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/line-481-error-for-discourse-setup/59926 "2017-03-27T05:32:59Z")
Hey guys, I was prompted with this error when i am trying to run discourse-setup file: root@forum:/var/discourse# ./discourse-setup ./discourse-setup: line 481: syntax error near unexpected token \`else' ./discourse-set… --- ## [Attempting to install Discourse on private Apache Server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempting-to-install-discourse-on-private-apache-server/59586)
**Author:** [@naupe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/naupe)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempting-to-install-discourse-on-private-apache-server/59586 "2017-03-26T14:59:55Z")
Hello Discourse community, I am a part of a game development team, and we’ve been looking for a better, more modern forum platform to our current phpBB forums. And I believe Discourse is it! Unfortunately, our Webhost … --- ## [Error: "There are 965 email jobs that failed. Check your app.yml and ensure that the mail server settings are correct."](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-there-are-965-email-jobs-that-failed-check-your-app-yml-and-ensure-that-the-mail-server-settings-are-correct/59879)
**Author:** [@Knigel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Knigel)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-there-are-965-email-jobs-that-failed-check-your-app-yml-and-ensure-that-the-mail-server-settings-are-correct/59879 "2017-03-25T15:12:42Z")
Hi there, woke up this morning to some sort of email error. My Discourse seemed to be running fine until this. In Sidekiq, I get many errors such as this: "16 default Jobs::UserEmail {"type"=\>"digest", "user\_id"=\>8… --- ## [Problems with INSTALL-cloud.md directions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-install-cloud-md-directions/43314)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problems-with-install-cloud-md-directions/43314 "2017-03-23T17:51:32Z")
I haven’t tried following the INSTALL-cloud.md instructions for a while, and they’ve changed and now there’s this new ./discourse-setup script. Problem is, it doesn’t work, at least on the base Ubuntu image for DigitalOc… --- ## [Dedicated Server with Plesk Onyx to Discourse + Wordpress](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-server-with-plesk-onyx-to-discourse-wordpress/59206)
**Author:** [@Silnei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Silnei)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dedicated-server-with-plesk-onyx-to-discourse-wordpress/59206 "2017-03-17T13:38:34Z")
I’m researching a solution to run Discourse and Wordpress on the same server. I have a forum and a blog, both generate on average 2M page views / month. The blog will be in the url / blog. Is Plesk Onyx a good solution … --- ## [Discourse Integration with other Ruby Application](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-integration-with-other-ruby-application/58944)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Jenkins](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mike_Jenkins)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-integration-with-other-ruby-application/58944 "2017-03-13T15:37:17Z")
Hi, I am starting work on a Ruby app that will be deployed at domain.com. Discourse will be deployed at subdomain.domain.com. I’m just wondering what the best convention is, in regards to domain.com having access to o… --- ## [Has anyone actually migrated from SMF to Discourse, successfully?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-actually-migrated-from-smf-to-discourse-successfully/53096)
**Author:** [@dsanchez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dsanchez)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/has-anyone-actually-migrated-from-smf-to-discourse-successfully/53096 "2017-03-12T12:25:48Z")
Has anyone accomplished this? How did your users took the change? Do they like it more now? Is still not possible to migrate polls? My forum (SMF 2.0.12) has nearly 5K users and 100K posts and I am really interesting i… --- ## [Launch Discourse on www.example.com/meta/ In a web folder type](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launch-discourse-on-www-example-com-meta-in-a-web-folder-type/58860)
**Author:** [@veer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/veer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launch-discourse-on-www-example-com-meta-in-a-web-folder-type/58860 "2017-03-12T07:14:34Z")
Usually i see discourse websites with using subdomain or domain as an address, But for my forum i want to use discourse as on a slash address, because of some seo issues. How can i do that on docker ? or nginx settings … --- ## [Trouble setting up email server with NameSilo, SparkPost, and Digital Ocean](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-setting-up-email-server-with-namesilo-sparkpost-and-digital-ocean/58844)
**Author:** [@Knigel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Knigel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-setting-up-email-server-with-namesilo-sparkpost-and-digital-ocean/58844 "2017-03-11T01:57:47Z")
I’m trying to install Discourse on Digital Ocean, but I’m having trouble setting up the email server. I’m using to suggested SparkPost, but am unable to get it verified. I’ve used NameSilo to purchase my domain, but I’m … --- ## [Update has stuck, what shall I do?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-has-stuck-what-shall-i-do/58866)
**Author:** [@lt100](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lt100)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-has-stuck-what-shall-i-do/58866 "2017-03-11T00:50:41Z")
I’ve started an update to 6ebddc4 from a6dd1a2 and it got stuck at Writing /var/www/discourse/public/assets/discourse/templates/user/messages-randomstring.hbs It’s been 30+ minutes already, and updates on my server nev… --- ## [Can't restore saved backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-saved-backup/57528)
**Author:** [@zh99998](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zh99998)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-restore-saved-backup/57528 "2017-03-07T03:48:22Z")
I’m migrating my discourse forum to another database… I’ve do backup, create a new one, and restore, but.. \[2017-02-17 06:42:41\] 'zh99998' has started the restore! \[2017-02-17 06:42:41\] Marking restore as running... \[2… --- ## [How much of a performance booster is 2GB vs 1GB RAM?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-much-of-a-performance-booster-is-2gb-vs-1gb-ram/58000)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-much-of-a-performance-booster-is-2gb-vs-1gb-ram/58000 "2017-03-03T11:36:12Z")
I noticed that at leastr some of the pages in my (newly installed) discourse forum are quite slow to load: Currently I’m on a 1GB digital ocean droplet and have a WP site on the same droplet, but with no traffic yet, … --- ## [Is 1GB RAM enough for both WordPress and Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-1gb-ram-enough-for-both-wordpress-and-discourse/58141)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-1gb-ram-enough-for-both-wordpress-and-discourse/58141 "2017-03-03T01:09:28Z")
I noticed a couple of warnings when rebuilding my container: WARNING: The TCP backlog setting of 511 cannot be enforced because /proc/sys/net/core/somaxconn is set to the lower value of 128. WARNING overcommit\_memory i… --- ## [Install Failed - email not configured](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-failed-email-not-configured/27245)
**Author:** [@WaltGiroir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/WaltGiroir)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-failed-email-not-configured/27245 "2017-02-28T18:13:25Z")
From clean version of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, here is the error from the install Success. You can now start the database server using: /usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin/postgres -D /shared/postgres\_data or /usr/lib/postgr… --- ## [Pepipost transactional email service](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pepipost-transactional-email-service/57984)
**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pepipost-transactional-email-service/57984 "2017-02-26T19:17:57Z")
We all know MailGun, SparkPost and others - but recently I stumbled into an alternative email service provider, that is suitable for a Discourse setup: Pepipost.com Note: I am not affiliated with them in any way They s… --- ## [How to uninstall/remove docker and discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-uninstall-remove-docker-and-discourse/26777)
**Author:** [@rnovino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rnovino)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-uninstall-remove-docker-and-discourse/26777 "2017-02-24T17:29:14Z")
I need to reinstall all the package and files of the docker and discourse since I am having an issue with nginx how do I fully removed the file ? --- ## [Install Discourse from Zip](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-from-zip/57140)
**Author:** [@nishai](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nishai)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-from-zip/57140 "2017-02-24T19:52:47Z")
I have installed Discourse with Docker in AWS and now I have the need to install it in an area that doesn’t have access to the internet. Is there a way to install Discourse and docker through the zip files? I do have acc… --- ## [Discourse on CentOS 7.3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-centos-7-3/57851)
**Author:** [@napcok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/napcok)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-centos-7-3/57851 "2017-02-24T05:30:21Z")
I’m running CentOS 7.3. When I try to bootstrap this happens: # docker -v Docker version 1.13.1, build 092cba3 # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core) # ./launcher bootstrap app FAILED --------… --- ## [Install the docker version with a remote postgresql](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-the-docker-version-with-a-remote-postgresql/46329)
**Author:** [@Bertrand\_Bellenot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bertrand_Bellenot)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-the-docker-version-with-a-remote-postgresql/46329 "2017-02-23T22:01:39Z")
Hello, We are migrating our phpbb3 forum to discourse (yeah!) So I’m trying to install (configure) a standard discourse (docker version) with a remote postgresql server (centrally provided by IT, for which I don’t have… --- ## [Err\_too\_many\_redirects](https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-too-many-redirects/57588)
**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/err-too-many-redirects/57588 "2017-02-23T08:19:15Z")
Hello I’m getting the error ERR\_TOO\_MANY\_REDIRECTS after installing Discourse on my machine. I tried to delete and reinstall completly from 0, but the error stills appearing. Apache is working fine (I’ve just installed … --- ## [Bundle install - Could not locate Gemfile or .bundle/ directory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bundle-install-could-not-locate-gemfile-or-bundle-directory/41292)
**Author:** [@JimmyX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JimmyX)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bundle-install-could-not-locate-gemfile-or-bundle-directory/41292 "2017-02-21T22:11:39Z")
I am installing on Fedora 23. I downloaded VirtualBox and then followed this tutorial (but for Unix) I can SSH into the vagrant OK. Then “cd /vagrant” works OK. “bundle install” gives the error “Could not locate Gemf… --- ## [Confusion about the email server before installing discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-the-email-server-before-installing-discourse/57644)
**Author:** [@mercadocapote](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mercadocapote)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confusion-about-the-email-server-before-installing-discourse/57644 "2017-02-21T18:24:49Z")
Hello Discourse Community, I have been trying to set up discourse and so far I have been unable to do so. I am not a computer person. I tried using Mailgun AND Sparkpost. I have been unable to verify my sending domains.… --- ## [Upgrade from 1.7.0 beta 5 to beta 7 failed. Postgresql error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-from-1-7-0-beta-5-to-beta-7-failed-postgresql-error/53020)
**Author:** [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-from-1-7-0-beta-5-to-beta-7-failed-postgresql-error/53020 "2017-02-20T23:16:39Z")
It seems that we have postgresql 9.3 instead 9.5. Removing postgresql-contrib-9.5 (9.5.5-1.pgdg16.04+1) ... update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/share/postgresql/9.5/man/man1/postmast… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=142) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=144)