# Self-hosting **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=76 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 77 --- ## [Discourse stuck on "Currently Upgrading"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-stuck-on-currently-upgrading/39072)
**Author:** [@Chili](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chili)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-stuck-on-currently-upgrading/39072 "2021-10-05T17:14:58Z")
Been having an odd problem with our Discourse instance recently. It seems to be stuck on Currently Upgrading (even when there are no upgrades available): There is no way to upgrade from within the web ui. When ther… --- ## [Reply by eMail SMTP authentication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-smtp-authentication/205245)
**Author:** [@Kai\_Kretschmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kai_Kretschmann)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 10:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-by-email-smtp-authentication/205245 "2021-10-05T10:48:23Z")
I just did a fresh normal docker based setup and everything works so far. I also added all those SMTP settings for sending out eMails like registration, or summary for a user. Let’s name that account “talk” If I now w… --- ## [Bizarre installation problem re: specific domain name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bizarre-installation-problem-re-specific-domain-name/203514)
**Author:** [@griffey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/griffey)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bizarre-installation-problem-re-specific-domain-name/203514 "2021-10-01T19:21:51Z")
Hello all! I’m having a bizarre issue setting up a new install. We’re moving from hosted to self-hosting our installation, and are using the domain www.pidforum.org. I have spun up an Ubuntu server, and am using the sta… --- ## [Disabe letsencrypt failed and Run discourse-setup had some not normal alert](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabe-letsencrypt-failed-and-run-discourse-setup-had-some-not-normal-alert/204452)
**Author:** [@luxame19](https://meta.discourse.org/u/luxame19)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2021, 6:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabe-letsencrypt-failed-and-run-discourse-setup-had-some-not-normal-alert/204452 "2021-09-30T06:33:29Z")
I try to reconfig about ssl certificate, want to disable letsencrypt free certificate. Because I have a purchase certificate, I found some operations through Google. Modify app.yml directly and confirm key & cer in the… --- ## [Proper DNS settings for subdomain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proper-dns-settings-for-subdomain/204582)
**Author:** [@Kurtjt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kurtjt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/proper-dns-settings-for-subdomain/204582 "2021-09-27T23:07:14Z")
Hi all, Can someone confirm the proper steps to point discourse using a sub domain? I just set up a trial and the current URL is: https://outsidethelines.trydiscourse.com/ I would like to point to our website which i… --- ## [Why my discourse postgres\_data is too big](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-my-discourse-postgres-data-is-too-big/91657)
**Author:** [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-my-discourse-postgres-data-is-too-big/91657 "2021-09-27T03:56:55Z")
Today I was evaluating my discourse server and found two weird things. 1- If I understand correctly, the discourse postgres\_data folder which is in /var/discourse/shared/standalone folder, is where discourse stores the … --- ## [How to download the backup file without SMTP function?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-download-the-backup-file-without-smtp-function/204469)
**Author:** [@xu2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xu2)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2021, 10:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-download-the-backup-file-without-smtp-function/204469 "2021-09-26T10:23:27Z")
How to download the backup file without SMTP function? Because mail ports are blocked on my vps, I can’t use outgoing SMTP, so how do I download the backup file? --- ## [Where can I find steps for setting up email with my own SMTP server?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-can-i-find-steps-for-setting-up-email-with-my-own-smtp-server/204422)
**Author:** [@mamond](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mamond)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-can-i-find-steps-for-setting-up-email-with-my-own-smtp-server/204422 "2021-09-25T18:02:34Z")
I see that in the docs recommend to use dedicated mail service and all of the blog that show how to set up the SMTP mail, they always use the dedicated mail service like mailgun. According to This " We strongly recomme… --- ## [Discourse overloaded real traffic or DDOS? 100% CPU usage despite of decent traffic and high specs server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-overloaded-real-traffic-or-ddos-100-cpu-usage-despite-of-decent-traffic-and-high-specs-server/203976)
**Author:** [@Faizan\_Zahid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Faizan_Zahid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-overloaded-real-traffic-or-ddos-100-cpu-usage-despite-of-decent-traffic-and-high-specs-server/203976 "2021-09-25T00:42:20Z")
All 8 vCPUs usage on our site is 100%. Our users get this message often, Due to extreme load, this is temporarily being shown to everyone as a logged out user would see it. Our droplet specs are: CPU-Optimized / 16 … --- ## [Using a PGSQL database outside of Docker?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-a-pgsql-database-outside-of-docker/102679)
**Author:** [@ylluminate](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ylluminate)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-a-pgsql-database-outside-of-docker/102679 "2018-11-25T23:19:54Z")
I’m doing the standard Docker installation of Discourse, however it appears that there are some quirks regarding the database. First, I don’t see any listing for a production database within the config/database.yml (onl… --- ## [Can we deploy Discourse Via App Engine?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-deploy-discourse-via-app-engine/204192)
**Author:** [@snehak](https://meta.discourse.org/u/snehak)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-deploy-discourse-via-app-engine/204192 "2021-09-22T16:19:25Z")
Has someone been able to deploy discourse via App engine?What the best Steps to be taken incase you want to deploy discourse in GCP? Using Compute Engine Via App Engine Kubernetes Cluster --- ## [Starting a new Discourse community with old database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-a-new-discourse-community-with-old-database/102649)
**Author:** [@habeycole](https://meta.discourse.org/u/habeycole)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-a-new-discourse-community-with-old-database/102649 "2018-11-25T18:39:06Z")
Hi all, good day. You may have been aware that I created my first Discourse community well over 2 weeks ago on AWS, but used their Bitnami AMI image, which of course is not the supported install. And well, as expected, … --- ## [Blackblaze&Cloudflare: image uploading works, but not showing in post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blackblaze-cloudflare-image-uploading-works-but-not-showing-in-post/204089)
**Author:** [@tenzan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenzan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blackblaze-cloudflare-image-uploading-works-but-not-showing-in-post/204089 "2021-09-21T12:47:06Z")
It seems I screwed up with configuring CDN URL with Cloudflare. I’m using Blackblaze as S3 bucket. Image uploading works fine, but in post it shows incorrect path for an image, hence it’s not showing up. I guess this i… --- ## [Multiple Discourses, multiple containers, one server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-discourses-multiple-containers-one-server/35367)
**Author:** [@lightweight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightweight)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-discourses-multiple-containers-one-server/35367 "2021-09-21T10:31:30Z")
Despite at least one reference which purports to describe the process I found it very difficult to work out how to run multiple Discourse instances on the same hosting infrastructure (using an instance of nginx running o… --- ## [New install fails on Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-install-fails-on-ubuntu-20-04-3-lts/203778)
**Author:** [@AndreTechExec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndreTechExec)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-install-fails-on-ubuntu-20-04-3-lts/203778 "2021-09-20T18:00:20Z")
New install on new EC2 instance with standard setup fails. launched an EC2 instance on AWS of Ubuntu 20.04.3 did all the latest ubuntu updates. Ran the simple standard install found here sudo -s git clone https://github… --- ## [Can I change the domain name - without a clean install?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-change-the-domain-name-without-a-clean-install/203968)
**Author:** [@Hugh\_Evans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hugh_Evans)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-change-the-domain-name-without-a-clean-install/203968 "2021-09-19T18:55:55Z")
I have been trying Discourse and really like it… knowing what I know now I would like to change the domain name. Is it possible to change the domain name of my deployment? --- ## [Different number of folders in Blackblaze bucket for 2 discourse sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-number-of-folders-in-blackblaze-bucket-for-2-discourse-sites/203952)
**Author:** [@tenzan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenzan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-number-of-folders-in-blackblaze-bucket-for-2-discourse-sites/203952 "2021-09-19T13:58:47Z")
I have 2 discourse app installed on a different DO droplets. For both sites, I used blackblaze and cloudflare and settings are same. Today, accidentally I found out one of buckets have additionally tombstone folder. C… --- ## [Managed discourse hosting for a couple of friends](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managed-discourse-hosting-for-a-couple-of-friends/203023)
**Author:** [@fzzz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fzzz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/managed-discourse-hosting-for-a-couple-of-friends/203023 "2021-09-19T01:22:43Z")
Hello. Please, what is the best way to host a private Discourse instance just for a group of 7 people? I know how to install on a VPS and such but I rather to pay for it. Tho, the most suitable option I could find so fa… --- ## [Restarted VM; now \`/admin/upgrade\` page fails to load, JS requests fail, some avatar images 404ing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restarted-vm-now-admin-upgrade-page-fails-to-load-js-requests-fail-some-avatar-images-404ing/203465)
**Author:** [@alxndr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alxndr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restarted-vm-now-admin-upgrade-page-fails-to-load-js-requests-fail-some-avatar-images-404ing/203465 "2021-09-18T18:48:22Z")
Background info: site is lot.almost-dead.net, version 2.8.0.beta4, hosted on Google Cloud/Compute; I followed the official docker-based guide to set it up. (I’m proficient with browser front-end tech and understand the b… --- ## [Do description help in the seo?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-description-help-in-the-seo/203888)
**Author:** [@Zackie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zackie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-description-help-in-the-seo/203888 "2021-09-18T12:20:38Z")
Does the description of community help in the SEO (optimization) of the website? --- ## [Setting up Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse/203873)
**Author:** [@Zackie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zackie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 11:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-up-discourse/203873 "2021-09-18T11:09:56Z")
Hi all! I hope you’re doing good, I’m a newbie to all of this I’m stuck on connecting these three mailgun, with my domain and with the digital ocean -I have my Mailgun account -Domain (also have professional email and… --- ## [Is this a sane idea to setup discourse on App Engine flexible environment?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-a-sane-idea-to-setup-discourse-on-app-engine-flexible-environment/84761)
**Author:** [@ballistic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ballistic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-this-a-sane-idea-to-setup-discourse-on-app-engine-flexible-environment/84761 "2021-09-16T15:55:50Z")
There is a community post about how to set up discourse on App Engine Flexible environment: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/community/blob/master/tutorials/setting-up-ruby-discourse.md I have difficulty to deplo… --- ## [New install email not working "shadowed so this will be ignored"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-install-email-not-working-shadowed-so-this-will-be-ignored/203682)
**Author:** [@AndreTechExec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndreTechExec)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-install-email-not-working-shadowed-so-this-will-be-ignored/203682 "2021-09-16T01:41:33Z")
After a brand new clean install, I’ve been unable to get email to function. I have followed every step of the troubleshooting guide here I am using Zoho mail The mail settings are pretty simple: DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_ADDRES… --- ## [After Installation Discourse is unable to send Verification email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-installation-discourse-is-unable-to-send-verification-email/202834)
**Author:** [@Hitesh\_Dubey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hitesh_Dubey)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/after-installation-discourse-is-unable-to-send-verification-email/202834 "2021-09-15T15:05:36Z")
Hi, I have installed Discourse and after that i view following register page but email confirmation email not receiving. Even i have written email settings in app.xml also during discourse setup script. But No success i… --- ## [Error upon installing - failed to register layer: Error processing tar file(exit status 1):](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upon-installing-failed-to-register-layer-error-processing-tar-file-exit-status-1/203344)
**Author:** [@AndreTechExec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AndreTechExec)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-upon-installing-failed-to-register-layer-error-processing-tar-file-exit-status-1/203344 "2021-09-13T20:43:57Z")
caccdbcee96e: Extracting \[==================================================\>\] 865.5MB/865.5MB failed to register layer: Error processing tar file(exit status 1): write /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.7.0/gems/c… --- ## [New install "This site can’t be reached"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-install-this-site-can-t-be-reached/203427)
**Author:** [@Kamil\_Kuzmicki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kamil_Kuzmicki)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-install-this-site-can-t-be-reached/203427 "2021-09-13T19:09:59Z")
So, I have followed official instructions on how to install discourse from here All a sudden I am getting " This site can’t be reached" “Welcome to Nginx” “site name .com has not send any data” etc at first, I thou… --- ## [Trying to figure out s3 cdn url for Cloudflare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-figure-out-s3-cdn-url-for-cloudflare/203377)
**Author:** [@tenzan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenzan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-figure-out-s3-cdn-url-for-cloudflare/203377 "2021-09-13T10:32:21Z")
The domain I’m using for Discourse is kyrgyz.club. Note: Uploading images and backups are saved with no issues onto Wasabi. Question: Will my s3 cdn url be https://kyrgyz.club ? What I have done so far. Added add c… --- ## [How to run rake tasks?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-run-rake-tasks/203314)
**Author:** [@tenzan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tenzan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-run-rake-tasks/203314 "2021-09-12T15:16:17Z")
I’m currently reading this article, where I will need to execute: rake uploads:migrate\_to\_s3 rake posts:rebake Before that, I will need to enter inside the container. # docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE C… --- ## [SSL error when customizing nginx: The certificate is not trusted in all web browsers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-error-when-customizing-nginx-the-certificate-is-not-trusted-in-all-web-browsers/203164)
**Author:** [@Bcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bcat)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ssl-error-when-customizing-nginx-the-certificate-is-not-trusted-in-all-web-browsers/203164 "2021-09-12T02:58:15Z")
I changed some settings to serve other work on the same discourse server. Some browsers show SSL notification when accessing the website (white page) FIle: /var/discourse/containers/app.yml templates: - "template… --- ## [502 Error when uploading backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-error-when-uploading-backup/203255)
**Author:** [@OverseersMight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OverseersMight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/502-error-when-uploading-backup/203255 "2021-09-11T16:33:47Z")
I am moving to amazon light sail due to digitalocean’s reputation as a spammer’s service, but when I upload the backup, I get a 502 nginx error. I have created port 443 firewall exceptions, on both tcp and udp. Any … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=75) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=77)