# Self-hosting **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=85 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 86 --- ## [Waiting the activation email, been hours still not received](https://meta.discourse.org/t/waiting-the-activation-email-been-hours-still-not-received/179926)
**Author:** [@CristianoBarone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CristianoBarone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/waiting-the-activation-email-been-hours-still-not-received/179926 "2021-02-17T13:43:09Z")
I think you can all read the title, basically upon finishing the installation and having to register the admin account the activation email does not come, it’s been 3 hours so I am starting to have some doubts. What must… --- ## [SEO Value of Hosted v Self-Hosted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-value-of-hosted-v-self-hosted/180005)
**Author:** [@Tperera9](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tperera9)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-value-of-hosted-v-self-hosted/180005 "2021-02-17T13:41:52Z")
Does self-hosting add more SEO value than if it were hosted by Discourse? --- ## [Upgrade Failed from 2.7.0.beta1 to 2.7.0.beta3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-from-2-7-0-beta1-to-2-7-0-beta3/177910)
**Author:** [@rcauvin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rcauvin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-from-2-7-0-beta1-to-2-7-0-beta3/177910 "2021-02-15T18:03:51Z")
I used the one-click browser upgrade to attempt to upgrade from 2.7.0.beta1 to 2.7.0.beta3. It first updated docker, apparently successfully. Then, as instructed, I executed the following on the server: cd /var/dis… --- ## [ADFS Authentication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adfs-authentication/179736)
**Author:** [@SantoshKM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SantoshKM)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 9:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adfs-authentication/179736 "2021-02-15T09:59:50Z")
Dear All, i am trying to setup ADFS authentication with Discourse but dont see basic steps to configure. If you dont mind, can i request your for your help and share basic config at both side ( Adfs and Discourse) I me… --- ## [Incorrect disk space available showing after ./launcher rebuild app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-disk-space-available-showing-after-launcher-rebuild-app/179742)
**Author:** [@AveyBD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AveyBD)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-disk-space-available-showing-after-launcher-rebuild-app/179742 "2021-02-15T06:07:14Z")
I have 30GB VPS, running discourse 2.7.0.beta1 . I want to update my discourse. Previously my VPS was 20GB then then provider has upgraded my VPS to 30 GB. Now when I am trying to upgrade my discourse it saying wrong s… --- ## [Discourse Database Question/Support](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-database-question-support/179703)
**Author:** [@Seren\_Modz\_211](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seren_Modz_211)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-database-question-support/179703 "2021-02-15T00:46:52Z")
Hello. I am here today to ask a short question. I was wondering if you could tell me if and how I could connect to a PostgreSQL database differently to shown in the install guide. Currently, it is currently trying to con… --- ## [Unable to install Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-install-discourse/179667)
**Author:** [@Minecraft\_Ciach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Minecraft_Ciach)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-install-discourse/179667 "2021-02-14T19:19:32Z")
Hello, I just bought a Droplet on DigitalOcean, preinstalled with Discourse. The problem is that I cannot complete the installation. When I enter the domain, it says that the ports 443 and 80 are not accessible. The sub… --- ## [Recover from filesystem backup: can't rebuild nor start](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recover-from-filesystem-backup-cant-rebuild-nor-start/179624)
**Author:** [@ulysses4ever](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ulysses4ever)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2021, 2:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recover-from-filesystem-backup-cant-rebuild-nor-start/179624 "2021-02-14T02:58:44Z")
Server’s RAID died couple days back and we’re trying to bring back to life our Discourse instance from a filesystem backup. No luck so far. I get this error message from ./launcher rebuild app: FAILED -----------------… --- ## [Install and hosted related issues](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-and-hosted-related-issues/179627)
**Author:** [@vel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-and-hosted-related-issues/179627 "2021-02-14T02:54:41Z")
Encountering 2 issues that have come up a few times. I have a hosting company for a few years now but to install Discourse I’m having to sign up to a new hosting company. It’s been difficult to even setup an account wit… --- ## [Decoupled Discourse Application - Managed Redis, Managed Postgres, and DIgital Ocean Volume with Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/decoupled-discourse-application-managed-redis-managed-postgres-and-digital-ocean-volume-with-discourse/179546)
**Author:** [@Bmorrical](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bmorrical)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/decoupled-discourse-application-managed-redis-managed-postgres-and-digital-ocean-volume-with-discourse/179546 "2021-02-13T18:52:05Z")
I’m trying to connect Discourse to Redis on Digital Ocean Managed Redis Database. I was able to get the postgres working fine with Digital Ocean Managed Postgres Database, but Redis give me an error. What can you make … --- ## [Is there a way to change the redis connection timeout?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-redis-connection-timeout/104476)
**Author:** [@Shane\_Liebling](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Shane_Liebling)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-redis-connection-timeout/104476 "2019-01-04T04:09:22Z")
I keep getting timeouts from redis/hiredis and would like to increase the timeout to see if it fixes the issue. (I am connecting to a remote redis instance, not on the same instance as Discourse.) Additionally I need to… --- ## [Recommend inexpensive managed hosting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommend-inexpensive-managed-hosting/179465)
**Author:** [@RedScientist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RedScientist)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommend-inexpensive-managed-hosting/179465 "2021-02-12T22:41:56Z")
I found Communiteq managed hosting offering, tried to contact them via their contact form but kept getting error “There was an error trying to send your message. Please try again later.” Doesn’t inspire a lot of confide… --- ## [Slow Discourse Rebuild on a VM with slow disks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-discourse-rebuild-on-a-vm-with-slow-disks/179440)
**Author:** [@rgrunbla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rgrunbla)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-discourse-rebuild-on-a-vm-with-slow-disks/179440 "2021-02-12T18:23:27Z")
Hi everyone, We’re using discourse in a virtual machine on a server we own (using kvm, proxmox), and we’re observing very slow rebuild when updating our discourse server. By slow, I mean it takes up to 30 minutes to ex… --- ## [Failed to create swap on install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-create-swap-on-install/179095)
**Author:** [@abdurrehman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abdurrehman)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-create-swap-on-install/179095 "2021-02-11T14:53:49Z")
I’m following the official install guide, and when I run this command. ./discourse-setup I’m getting this error message. root@server:/var/discourse# ./discourse-setup WARNING: Discourse requires at least 2GB of swap w… --- ## [How to setup 301 redirect -non-www to www](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-301-redirect-non-www-to-www/179332)
**Author:** [@Paul\_King1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-setup-301-redirect-non-www-to-www/179332 "2021-02-11T14:47:55Z")
I am having a lot of trouble trying to work out how to do this. I would like to redirect non-www to www using 301 redirect. I am using digitalocean and ubuntu 20. Can anyone please advise me how to do this. When I try … --- ## [How to make a website with Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-website-with-discourse/179221)
**Author:** [@png](https://meta.discourse.org/u/png)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-website-with-discourse/179221 "2021-02-10T18:55:31Z")
I’m going to try to make a community forum and I want to know how I could make one while self hosting. The questions I have are Cheapest VPS Place to find domains How to customize the website. Thanks in advance. --- ## [FAILED to rebuild discourse -- OpenURI::HTTPError: 401 Error: Invalid license key](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-rebuild-discourse-openuri-401-error-invalid-license-key/178630)
**Author:** [@e-learning-109](https://meta.discourse.org/u/e-learning-109)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-to-rebuild-discourse-openuri-401-error-invalid-license-key/178630 "2021-02-10T13:53:09Z")
I want to rebuild my discourse but show this error, somebody can help? 2021-02-06 05:02:28.893 UTC \[49\] LOG: received fast shutdown request 2021-02-06 05:02:28.906 UTC \[49\] LOG: aborting any active transactions 2021-… --- ## [I did not receive an email to activate my account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-did-not-receive-an-email-to-activate-my-account/179016)
**Author:** [@PleaseTell\_MeMoreJ4F](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PleaseTell_MeMoreJ4F)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-did-not-receive-an-email-to-activate-my-account/179016 "2021-02-09T14:27:02Z")
VM Machine Debian After installation with official guide I did not receive an email to activate my account. I enclose my app.yml file app\_yml.txt (4,0 KB) I haven’t any bugs in production.log. I have information that … --- ## [Markdown JS with two protocols](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-js-with-two-protocols/176523)
**Author:** [@dirien](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dirien)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-js-with-two-protocols/176523 "2021-02-08T16:53:50Z")
Version: 2.7.0.beta1 Install: discourse-docker Hi everybody, dont know how to better describe this but the markdown-it js bundle in our discourse installation is not correctly working. Somhow we get an additional prot… --- ## [Help while installing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-while-installing/178874)
**Author:** [@ididntknowausername](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ididntknowausername)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-while-installing/178874 "2021-02-08T12:40:55Z")
While installing Discourse using the official install I ran into a problem. This is what I performed: sudo -s git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse\_docker.git /var/discourse cd /var/discourse This is the er… --- ## [Unrecognized authentication type - Activation Email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unrecognized-authentication-type-activation-email/178392)
**Author:** [@PleaseTell\_MeMoreJ4F](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PleaseTell_MeMoreJ4F)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 9:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unrecognized-authentication-type-activation-email/178392 "2021-02-08T09:07:26Z")
Debian VM, official installation I am not receive activation email. discourse doctor: app.yml --- ## [Firewall issue with running multiple containers after upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/firewall-issue-with-running-multiple-containers-after-upgrade/178507)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 2:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/firewall-issue-with-running-multiple-containers-after-upgrade/178507 "2021-02-07T02:45:11Z")
I had some issues with the upgrade - with the first forum failing on the first attempt (via the dashboard) then failed again via a rebuild, but seemed to had worked on the second rebuild attempt, although I then had to r… --- ## [Therobloxforum.com declined the connection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/therobloxforum-com-declined-the-connection/178668)
**Author:** [@ididntknowausername](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ididntknowausername)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/therobloxforum-com-declined-the-connection/178668 "2021-02-07T10:40:22Z")
So I just set up Discourse using DigitalOcean’s 1-click-app, though when done I ran into a problem. When visiting my website I see this: (Sorry, I’m Dutch, but I’m sure you recognize this) I use Cloudflare and have… --- ## [How can i rebuild discourse without changing version?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-rebuild-discourse-without-changing-version/142233)
**Author:** [@Pekkanen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pekkanen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-rebuild-discourse-without-changing-version/142233 "2021-02-05T14:53:02Z")
I need to update the smtp settings in app.yml, but I do not want to change the version of discourse. When I specify a version via the version tag, the rebuild fails with the error below. I am currently on version 2.4.0.… --- ## [Multisite installation not available after rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-installation-not-available-after-rebuild/91834)
**Author:** [@Gershon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gershon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-installation-not-available-after-rebuild/91834 "2018-07-09T18:46:47Z")
I have run across this exact same problem today, I setup apache and haproxy for multiple sites, I confirmed the forum was working and up, I imported my myBB forum and everything was working. When I did a /launcher rebuil… --- ## [429 errors on like action in production.log](https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-errors-on-like-action-in-production-log/178458)
**Author:** [@Overgrow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Overgrow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/429-errors-on-like-action-in-production-log/178458 "2021-02-04T21:50:42Z")
I wonder which problem may be causing 429 error to appear in production.log. I’m getting 99% of these in PostActionsController context. Processing by PostActionsController#create as \*/\* Parameters: {"id"=\>"706335", "… --- ## [Installation text location](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-text-location/166366)
**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-text-location/166366 "2021-02-04T18:34:27Z")
Is the text displayed during installation stored anywhere? It flies by too quickly to read. I guess if it works, it works, but it would be good to be aware of any warnings etc. Thanks. --- ## [What is the Discourse server resource consumption?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-discourse-server-resource-consumption/178270)
**Author:** [@Muhammed\_EKİCİ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muhammed_EK%C4%B0C%C4%B0)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-discourse-server-resource-consumption/178270 "2021-02-03T18:28:17Z")
We are planning to use discourse as a webview in a part of our mobile application with more than 1 million users. We will direct users to the forum with notifications. This means 3-4K users instantly rushing to the forum… --- ## [Can I install Discourse with my own Redis and Postgres?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-install-discourse-with-my-own-redis-and-postgres/177943)
**Author:** [@ann\_eav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ann_eav)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-install-discourse-with-my-own-redis-and-postgres/177943 "2021-02-03T10:29:58Z")
Hello Everyone :blush: This is my first post, I hope this topic was not covered yet. If so, I apologize. I have been searching but I have not found a recent topic about this. I would like to install Discourse but with … --- ## [Login-button unsecured](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-button-unsecured/177418)
**Author:** [@biologist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/biologist)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-button-unsecured/177418 "2021-02-02T09:25:10Z")
Yesterday, I’ve been installing Discourse behind an Apache reverse proxy. Apache is mostly managed via a self-service-GUI that can also be used to activate Let’s encrypt-certs and proxy-configuration. Additionaly this GU… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=84) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=86)