# Self-hosting **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=91 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 92 --- ## [Getting a 403 error popup when trying to admin users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-a-403-error-popup-when-trying-to-admin-users/169393)
**Author:** [@seeminglee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seeminglee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/getting-a-403-error-popup-when-trying-to-admin-users/169393 "2020-11-06T19:23:13Z")
I’ve just installed discourse on a new server. Things are going great but now I am getting a popup for 403 error whenever I try to do perform admin tasks: editing user / granting moderator status The errors in the con… --- ## [Down after Docker Update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/down-after-docker-update/169385)
**Author:** [@Bill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bill)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/down-after-docker-update/169385 "2020-11-06T04:21:42Z")
Just tried to update Docker in the Discourse admin area. I got an error and now my site is down. I haven’t made any changes to the site recently, so I’m a little confused as to what happend. What is the best way to recov… --- ## [Is it safe to upgrade Ubuntu from 14.04 to 16.04.1 via do-release-upgrade, and how-to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-upgrade-ubuntu-from-14-04-to-16-04-1-via-do-release-upgrade-and-how-to/52274)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-upgrade-ubuntu-from-14-04-to-16-04-1-via-do-release-upgrade-and-how-to/52274 "2020-11-05T16:37:38Z")
My server tells me: New release ‘16.04.1 LTS’ available. Run ‘do-release-upgrade’ to upgrade to it. Should it be safe to: Turn off the server. Make a droplet backup while offline (DigitalOcean). Run do-release-upg… --- ## [Update failed - Not starting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-failed-not-starting/169316)
**Author:** [@Robodaniel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Robodaniel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-failed-not-starting/169316 "2020-11-05T16:18:37Z")
Dear all, I had to resize my partition and afterwards I would like to update docker, so I followed the following guide: Manually update Discourse and Docker image to latest But now the docker image is not starting anymo… --- ## [Discourse docker automatically down](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-automatically-down/157859)
**Author:** [@wishl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wishl)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-docker-automatically-down/157859 "2020-11-05T12:16:14Z")
Hi people my problems automatically down discourse forum And sometimes I am also getting 502 Bad Gateway unicorn.stderr.log D, \[2020-07-15T16:29:57.037389 #32767\] DEBUG -- : waiting 16.0s after suspend/hibernation E, … --- ## [Synology docker installs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synology-docker-installs/167518)
**Author:** [@asirota](https://meta.discourse.org/u/asirota)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/synology-docker-installs/167518 "2020-11-04T12:01:01Z")
Has anyone gotten the discourse release package installed on Synology. Whenever I run the container the log contains a simple exit. And it is clearly not running. Anyone? Just trying to get this to work to experiment. … --- ## [Docker Manager: FAILED TO UPGRADE](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-manager-failed-to-upgrade/168994)
**Author:** [@Julien\_J](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Julien_J)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 6:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-manager-failed-to-upgrade/168994 "2020-11-04T06:04:15Z")
Hello, I tried to upgrade Discourse but I have this message: Sorry, there was an error upgrading Discourse. Please check the logs below. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\* Please be patient, … --- ## [Too many unicorn workers - failed to stop for upgrade?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/too-many-unicorn-workers-failed-to-stop-for-upgrade/168984)
**Author:** [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/too-many-unicorn-workers-failed-to-stop-for-upgrade/168984 "2020-11-03T19:05:16Z")
Just upgraded Docker and I see the old unicorns were still running during the upgrade, and now I seem to have two sets of unicorns. So I wonder if something which is meant to stop the old ones has not run, or not worked… --- ## [Forum giving 502 Bad Gateway Error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-giving-502-bad-gateway-error/169132)
**Author:** [@Helical\_Insight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Helical_Insight)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forum-giving-502-bad-gateway-error/169132 "2020-11-03T18:05:49Z")
Hello We have been using discourse for our forum since years without facing many issues. But all of a sudden today when we are trying to visit our forum it is giving us 502 Bad Gateway Error Here is the screenshot for c… --- ## [It's slow to visit hosted Discourse in China](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-slow-to-visit-hosted-discourse-in-china/109445)
**Author:** [@zhaoyao91](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zhaoyao91)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/its-slow-to-visit-hosted-discourse-in-china/109445 "2020-11-02T17:02:35Z")
It’s very very slow to open hosted Discourse in China. We’d love to use the hosted version for our service if this issue could be solved. Is there any solution? Or we have to host it by self :frowning: --- ## [Domain names pointing with shared AWS instance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/domain-names-pointing-with-shared-aws-instance/87520)
**Author:** [@jwtan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jwtan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2018, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/domain-names-pointing-with-shared-aws-instance/87520 "2018-05-16T12:04:32Z")
Hello, I have my website (Wordpress) and Discourse forum sharing the same AWS instance with the same public ip address. The website has the domain name while Discourse forum has its subdomain. Both domain names point to… --- ## [Clean up (or validate) Postgres data?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clean-up-or-validate-postgres-data/168668)
**Author:** [@wincenworks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wincenworks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/clean-up-or-validate-postgres-data/168668 "2020-11-01T00:41:54Z")
Hi, There’s been some ongoing issues with server stability with my cloud service and it appears one of them interfered with my latest update and has created some broken interface issues. So I attempted to pull a fresh … --- ## [How much CPU and memory do I need for community with less than 100 people?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-much-cpu-and-memory-do-i-need-for-community-with-less-than-100-people/168734)
**Author:** [@Zolbayar\_Bayarsaikha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zolbayar_Bayarsaikha)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-much-cpu-and-memory-do-i-need-for-community-with-less-than-100-people/168734 "2020-10-30T11:48:21Z")
Hi all, Currently, our community has some 60~ registered users, and sometimes it feels like lagging (just opening a topic takes 10 → 20 seconds). Shall I add more memory? or/and more CPU cores? It’s running on a Digita… --- ## [Trying to troubleshoot I/O Wait bottleneck](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-troubleshoot-i-o-wait-bottleneck/168703)
**Author:** [@torsi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/torsi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trying-to-troubleshoot-i-o-wait-bottleneck/168703 "2020-10-30T05:55:16Z")
Cliff notes version: System brought to its knees for a few minutes by iowait under moderate load No significant disk I/O is happening at the time DO swears there is no unusual activity on the hypervisor Long version: … --- ## [Discourse Terms of Service?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-terms-of-service/168674)
**Author:** [@pete\_dykstra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pete_dykstra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-terms-of-service/168674 "2020-10-29T18:55:51Z")
Can someone help point me to the Discourse Terms of Service? Not the Enterprise Terms, but terms for all other Discourse customers. --- ## [User Messages Inbox Error 500](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-messages-inbox-error-500/165937)
**Author:** [@v.stephan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/v.stephan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-messages-inbox-error-500/165937 "2020-10-29T16:10:56Z")
Hey there, we are experiencing super weird behavior, but currently just from one single user, when opening the messages inbox. We run discourse in docker on Appache with ProxyPass Discourse 2.6.0.beta3 The one user ca… --- ## [Error executing 'postInstallation': Purging temp files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-executing-postinstallation-purging-temp-files/141194)
**Author:** [@weidox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/weidox)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-executing-postinstallation-purging-temp-files/141194 "2020-10-29T11:23:58Z")
Hello, I’m trying to run a non standard installation, but probably someone could get some insight into the cause of the error. Using docker-compose, running postgres+redis+sidekiq+main from separate Bitnami 2.3.9 images… --- ## [Manual upgrade failure due to postgres error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-upgrade-failure-due-to-postgres-error/168507)
**Author:** [@Fouad\_Farah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fouad_Farah)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-upgrade-failure-due-to-postgres-error/168507 "2020-10-28T11:03:07Z")
Hello, I am trying to upgrade manually, here’s my log What should I do? sudo ./launcher rebuild app Ver Cluster Port Status Owner Data directory Log file 9.5 main 5433 down postgres /var/lib/postg… --- ## [How to store uploads with multiple web\_only servers?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-store-uploads-with-multiple-web-only-servers/168285)
**Author:** [@JanKanis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JanKanis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-store-uploads-with-multiple-web-only-servers/168285 "2020-10-26T18:36:50Z")
What is the recommended way to store uploads when using a split data/web\_only containers setup with multiple webserver containers? It can be done using the S3 upload support, but in Setting up file and image uploads to s… --- ## [How to Connect to discourse db from public ip inside docker container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-connect-to-discourse-db-from-public-ip-inside-docker-container/168280)
**Author:** [@Bhavana\_Marisetti](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bhavana_Marisetti)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-connect-to-discourse-db-from-public-ip-inside-docker-container/168280 "2020-10-26T18:14:15Z")
Hi i am able to connect to discourse db from localhost but unable to connect it from public ip below is code i added in app.yml expose: “127.17.0.1:5432:5432” --- ## [How to make a discourse forum look like forum.glamour.de](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-discourse-forum-look-like-forum-glamour-de/124035)
**Author:** [@DeepGlue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeepGlue)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-a-discourse-forum-look-like-forum-glamour-de/124035 "2020-10-26T15:30:12Z")
I am interested in setting up a forum with the look and feel of the following https://forum.glamour.de/ How easy is it to do this on my own? And what are the key plugins required to get this look and feel ? Best Regar… --- ## [Email not working but i can access smtp server from container](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-not-working-but-i-can-access-smtp-server-from-container/168132)
**Author:** [@felixoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/felixoi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-not-working-but-i-can-access-smtp-server-from-container/168132 "2020-10-24T12:39:55Z")
Hey. I’ve a problem setting up a smtp server. The email server is using port 465 to let users connect to smtp. Discourse-Doctor shows me the following: Testing sending to my@email.com using INTERNAL\_IP:465. =========… --- ## [SAAS Discourse Install?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saas-discourse-install/168026)
**Author:** [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/saas-discourse-install/168026 "2020-10-23T23:37:23Z")
I have a client whom is wondering if Discourse could be moved to a SAAS install. If possible what are the pros and cons? I apologize if this has been asked and answered. As my search results didn’t seem to yield much… --- ## [Email notifications are not sent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-are-not-sent/167996)
**Author:** [@brunin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brunin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-notifications-are-not-sent/167996 "2020-10-23T16:04:16Z")
Hello there. I just setup Discourse 2.5.0. Everything works fine except email notifications. My smtp works fine, because invites are sent almost instantly. But notifications of mentions and direct messages are not sen… --- ## [Assets precompile require redis](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assets-precompile-require-redis/168008)
**Author:** [@madmath03](https://meta.discourse.org/u/madmath03)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assets-precompile-require-redis/168008 "2020-10-23T01:40:12Z")
Building a docker container that provides additional plugins with Discourse: GitHub - Monogramm/docker-bitnami-discourse: 🐋 Custom Discourse Bitnami image with additional plugins and tools. · GitHub. When building the c… --- ## [Discourse Voting missing table on postgresql](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-voting-missing-table-on-postgresql/167993)
**Author:** [@madmath03](https://meta.discourse.org/u/madmath03)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-voting-missing-table-on-postgresql/167993 "2020-10-22T21:45:45Z")
After installing GitHub - discourse/discourse-topic-voting: Adds the ability for voting on a topic within a specified category in Discourse. · GitHub, I get the following error in logs (docker): discourse | St… --- ## [Unofficial plugins management during updates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unofficial-plugins-management-during-updates/167949)
**Author:** [@axierr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/axierr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unofficial-plugins-management-during-updates/167949 "2020-10-22T09:54:08Z")
Hello, we have now a Discourse installation with only official plugins. We are thinking of adding a couple of unofficial plugins: Topic List Previews (legacy) Custom Wizard Plugin 🧙 But we are afraid that during Disc… --- ## [Out of memory errors with custom plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-memory-errors-with-custom-plugin/167777)
**Author:** [@pelcami](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pelcami)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-memory-errors-with-custom-plugin/167777 "2020-10-21T22:02:23Z")
Would someone provide instructions to configure memory allocation? Given the sporadic kernel “out of memory”/dump messages, 3x increased swapping, and increasing application degraded response, it seems our app is someti… --- ## [Checking domain name fails behind NGINX proxy](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checking-domain-name-fails-behind-nginx-proxy/167800)
**Author:** [@felixoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/felixoi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/checking-domain-name-fails-behind-nginx-proxy/167800 "2020-10-21T12:37:45Z")
Hey there. I’m trying to spin up a discourse instance on a vm which only has an internal ip address and can only be reached over a nginx proxy on another vm. Therefor the proxy contains the following config: upstream f… --- ## [2.6.0 Beta4 update failed with what looks like db errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-6-0-beta4-update-failed-with-what-looks-like-db-errors/167661)
**Author:** [@Gunnar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gunnar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-6-0-beta4-update-failed-with-what-looks-like-db-errors/167661 "2020-10-19T22:24:38Z")
Hi, I just tried doing a command line ‘launcher rebuild app’ to update from 2.6.0.beta3 (7afb5be5f9), which has been running fine for a while, to 2.6.0.beta4 (as of 20 minutes ago). This is how I usually do my updates. … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=90) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/support/self-hosting/31.md?page=92)