# Self-hosting **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=160 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 161 --- ## [Is migrating from phpBB to Discourse a good idea](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-migrating-from-phpbb-to-discourse-a-good-idea/15668)
**Author:** [@mbajur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbajur)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-migrating-from-phpbb-to-discourse-a-good-idea/15668 "2014-07-09T22:03:34Z")
Hello! I’m sure there were thousands of threads like that here but every situation is different and has some specific requirements and circumstances. Basically, i’m a running a phpBB3 forum with ~700k views and ~18k vi… --- ## [Install issues when not root](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538)
**Author:** [@thornburg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thornburg)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-issues-when-not-root/16538 "2014-06-25T23:44:11Z")
Why is every thread here closed? There are several relevant threads where I feel like it would make more sense to post my individual questions, but every old thread is closed (whether or not the problem was actually s… --- ## [\`./launcher\` hangs constantly on Amazon EC2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-hangs-constantly-on-amazon-ec2/16403)
**Author:** [@bioball](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bioball)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launcher-hangs-constantly-on-amazon-ec2/16403 "2014-06-11T01:02:27Z")
I’ve been doing quite a bit of setting up/tearing down discourse via ./launcher, and I’ve noticed that various stages of either bootstrap or start hang, for no apparent and without any logs. I would then just quit the pr… --- ## [The installation stopped in the middle](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-installation-stopped-in-the-middle/16311)
**Author:** [@Devanil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Devanil)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-installation-stopped-in-the-middle/16311 "2014-06-08T06:31:39Z")
I’m following this tutorial installation. But the installation stopped it: What to do? --- ## [Exporting an AWS instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-an-aws-instance/15874)
**Author:** [@eljazeeri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eljazeeri)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-an-aws-instance/15874 "2014-05-23T06:12:25Z")
I have a discourse forum running for a while now. It was installed through bitnami on an AWS cloud account. I would like to move the hosting to a different server / host to be administered by someone else. Is there a way… --- ## [Install Discourse on internal RHEL server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-internal-rhel-server/15032)
**Author:** [@vanakenm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vanakenm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2014, 12:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-internal-rhel-server/15032 "2014-05-08T00:07:56Z")
Hi, We want to start using discourse as an exchange platform between several teams at my company. The corporate overlords here provided us with RHEL servers. From reading the meta site, here is my understanding: insta… --- ## [How to use google cloud storage instead of s3?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-google-cloud-storage-instead-of-s3/15418)
**Author:** [@dccohen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dccohen)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-use-google-cloud-storage-instead-of-s3/15418 "2014-05-07T22:45:31Z")
Discourse seems to use the fog gem, which supports many cloud services, including google cloud storage. But, is discourse currently just written to work with s3 as te cloud storage, or can it be already used with google … --- ## [People with experience, Bitnami vs Communiteq? :S](https://meta.discourse.org/t/people-with-experience-bitnami-vs-communiteq-s/15156)
**Author:** [@CleverMoniker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CleverMoniker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/people-with-experience-bitnami-vs-communiteq-s/15156 "2014-04-29T18:44:09Z")
Okay, so I’ve pretty much settled on using Discourse for a planned forum I intend on making. I have friends who will be joining and hopefully, within a few years, be a fairly strong community. Here’s the thing, I don’t … --- ## [A 1-year gratis one-click hosted solution for Discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-1-year-gratis-one-click-hosted-solution-for-discourse/15071)
**Author:** [@reaon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/reaon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-1-year-gratis-one-click-hosted-solution-for-discourse/15071 "2014-04-27T16:43:39Z")
Register here: Free Cloud Computing Services - AWS Free Tier which gives you one year free service Register here: Discourse(R) packaged by Bitnami --- ## [Patching Heartbleed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patching-heartbleed/14711)
**Author:** [@PabloC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PabloC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/patching-heartbleed/14711 "2014-04-18T04:32:19Z")
Hi gents, one question. What’s the best way to patch Heartbleed bug on a Ubuntu Server 13.10 installation without Docker? Any recommended approach? Tks! --- ## [Docker bootstrap failing with exit 137](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-bootstrap-failing-with-exit-137/14457)
**Author:** [@ankur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ankur)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-bootstrap-failing-with-exit-137/14457 "2014-04-04T16:12:26Z")
Hello, I’ve been trying to install Discourse inside an Ubuntu Precise VM (running on VirtualBox) using these instructions. The process fails while running ./launcher bootstrap app with the following output: /pups/lib/p… --- ## [DigitalOcean Droplet image?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digitalocean-droplet-image/14439)
**Author:** [@ArmedGuy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArmedGuy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digitalocean-droplet-image/14439 "2014-04-04T03:26:06Z")
@codinghorror @sam As DO have prebuilt images for things like Ghost and GitLab, has there been any plans to ask them nicely/cooperate with them about a Discourse image to make it even easier for people to install it? --- ## [Linking containers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-containers/13694)
**Author:** [@resure](https://meta.discourse.org/u/resure)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/linking-containers/13694 "2014-03-31T09:31:52Z")
What is correct way to connect web-only and data Discourse docker containers? There is note about DISCOURSE\_HOST\_IP in readme, but how should we specify that variable in container config yml file? Can we just link that … --- ## [Pros and cons of installing Discourse on a NON-virtual machine?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pros-and-cons-of-installing-discourse-on-a-non-virtual-machine/13677)
**Author:** [@snarke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snarke)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pros-and-cons-of-installing-discourse-on-a-non-virtual-machine/13677 "2014-03-12T22:36:38Z")
The installation guide is pretty clear that one of the downsides of using a Virtual Machine to host Discourse is the potential performance hit. Lots of ram and multiple drives are recommended to help alleviate this. I as… --- ## [What is the best method of running another Rails app on the same server as Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-method-of-running-another-rails-app-on-the-same-server-as-discourse/9623)
**Author:** [@happycollision](https://meta.discourse.org/u/happycollision)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-method-of-running-another-rails-app-on-the-same-server-as-discourse/9623 "2014-03-10T21:23:36Z")
I have a Discourse instance running at something like “forum.mysite.com” and want to run a much smaller rails app on the same server at “mysite.com”. Considering the current installation instructions for Ubuntu—which I f… --- ## [A quick review of Communiteq](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-quick-review-of-communiteq/13113)
**Author:** [@zenkamal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zenkamal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-quick-review-of-communiteq/13113 "2014-03-01T14:58:00Z")
Haven’t seen any formal reviews of paid discourse hosting, so here’s a brief one. Requirements: I’m starting/helping two new forums, using Discourse for each, and chose Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting) to get the … --- ## [Why does Discourse need 1 GB of RAM?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301)
**Author:** [@printec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/printec)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301 "2014-02-23T14:17:35Z")
Most forum software don’t need any where as much RAM as this. I was wondering what Discourse uses this RAM for? Is it doing a powerful amount of caching or what? --- ## [Discourse in a Docker container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-a-docker-container/10844)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-a-docker-container/10844 "2014-02-03T00:31:37Z")
FYI I just posted a blog post about my Docker adventures: http://samsaffron.com/archive/2013/11/07/discourse-in-a-docker-container [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=159)