I’m setting up a second Discourse site on the same server, and I’m using a reverse proxy to manage traffic. I’m not very experienced with the technical side of things, so I’m looking for some guidance to make sure everything is correctly configured. Below is the app1.yml file I’ve used for the new container. I want to know if this setup will successfully allow me to run two Discourse instances in parallel. Configuration (app1.yml): ## this is the all-in-one, standalone Discourse Docker container template ## ## After making changes to this file, you MUST rebuild ## /var/discourse/launcher rebuild app1 ## ## BE *VERY* CAREFUL WHEN EDITING! ## YAML FILES ARE SUPER SENSITIVE TO MISTAKES IN WHITESPACE OR ALIGNMENT! ## visit http://www.yamllint.com/ to validate this file as needed templates: - "templates/postgres.template.yml" - "templates/redis.template.yml" - "templates/web.template.yml" - "templates/web.ratelimited.template.yml" - "templates/web.socketed.template.yml" - "templates/web.ssl.template.yml" - "templates/web.letsencrypt.ssl.template.yml" image: discourse/discourse:latest ## which TCP/IP ports should this container expose? ## If you want Discourse to share a port with another webserver like Apache or nginx, ## see https://meta.discourse.org/t/17247 for details expose: #- "80" # internal HTTP port #- "443" # internal HTTPS port params: db_default_text_search_config: "pg_catalog.english" db_shared_buffers: "2048MB" upload_size: 100m env: LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8 LANG: en_US.UTF-8 LANGUAGE: en_US.UTF-8 DISCOURSE_DEFAULT_LOCALE: zh_CN DISCOURSE_FORCE_HTTPS: 'true' UNICORN_WORKERS: 8 DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME: xxxx.com DISCOURSE_DEVELOPER_EMAILS: 'youremail@xxxx.com' DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS: xxxxx DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT: 587 DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME: your_smtp_username DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: "your_smtp_password" DISCOURSE_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL: no-reply@xxxx.com LETSENCRYPT_ACCOUNT_EMAIL: me@example.com DISCOURSE_MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY: xxxxxxx volumes: - volume: host: /var/discourse/shared/app1 guest: /shared - volume: host: /var/discourse/shared/app1/log/var-log guest: /var/log hooks: after_postgres: - exec: sudo -u postgres createdb discourse_app1 || exit 0 - exec: stdin: | grant all privileges on database discourse_app1 to discourse; cmd: sudo -u postgres psql discourse_app1 - exec: /bin/bash -c 'sudo -u postgres psql discourse_app1 <<< "alter schema public owner to discourse;"' - exec: /bin/bash -c 'sudo -u postgres psql discourse_app1 <<< "create extension if not exists hstore;"' - exec: /bin/bash -c 'sudo -u postgres psql discourse_app1 <<< "create extension if not exists pg_trgm;"' run: - exec: echo "Beginning of custom commands" - exec: echo "End of custom commands" Since I’m not very familiar with coding, any advice or improvements to this setup would be greatly appreciated!

[image] slower: - "templates/web.ssl.template.yml" - "templates/web.letsencrypt.ssl.template.yml" You need to comment these two lines if you’re using a reverse proxy.

Also, it’s probably better to use a two container setup to have just one database, but you need two redis. You could also consider multisite. Multisite configuration with Docker Setup Multisite Configuration with Let’s Encrypt and no Reverse Proxy

Will This Configuration Successfully Create a Second Discourse Instance (with Proxy)?

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itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma) September 14, 2024, 6:22am 2

You need to comment these two lines if you’re using a reverse proxy.

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Will This Configuration Successfully Create a Second Discourse Instance (with Proxy)?

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