The discussion revolves around making Discourse installation as easy as WordPress, specifically with a Plesk-style install. texxxo wants to install Discourse on their Plesk server but is concerned about the complexity of the process. pfaffman suggests using a hosting service or his own installation packages as alternatives.
(texxxo](/t/-/109393/3) is hesitant to use hosted solutions and wants to use their Plesk server. However, pfaffman emphasizes the difficulty of running Discourse under Plesk. As a result, texxxo decides to rent a server specifically for Discourse and seeks guidance on connecting a domain without a control panel like Plesk.
pfaffman provides instructions on creating an A record and following the install document. texxxo discovers Nodechef, a hosting company with a Discourse hosting service, and inquires about pfaffman’s experience with them.
Alternative solutions are offered by michaeld and itsbhanusharma, who suggest using a setup wizard or self-hosting with a detailed installation guide. Additionally, itsbhanusharma recommends hiring someone, such as pfaffman, for assistance with the installation process.
Hello, I use Discourse a lot because I have so many forums where I’m registered and they all use Discourse (thanks god), only a few use phpBB and I don’t like to visit this sites, but I need to!
My question is now because I like to start my own Discourse forum when the Install process will be so easy like Wordpress?
Is there something already in planning or in development to add Discourse in Softaculous or Installtron, or to create an Plesk/cPanel Extansion for discourse that does all the job of installing?
Discourse uses a set of tools that are more difficult to configure than those that wordpress uses. The standard install document is pretty easy to follow, though getting mail configured is not.
Thanks, the problem is my dream was to have it running on my Plesk server beside all my other websites, I don’t like to go for now with hosted solutions.
Having it run under plesk is much more complicated. A few people have done it, but it makes installing discourse more complicated and is difficult to get plesk to do it. You can search here, but it’s far from one click. It’s much easier to stick it on its own server.
If you follow the install document, it does everything. You just need to create an A Record pointing your hostname to the server ip using whatever you usually use to manage dns.
