I’ve been running nextcloud, vaultwarden, jellyfin etc in docker containers for years, but I cannot for the life of me figure out Dicourse. The setup script gives me some error about not being able to connect on port 80 and 443. Probably because I’m setting it up on a new server which does not have…

Figured it out and have it working now.

[image] Vixi: bitnami container sounds like a non- standard install . please note: [image] Bitnami installations are unsupported Self-Hosting Community support is only provided for installs that use the official instructions: discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main …

Sounds like an automatic response that completely ignored the problems I am having with the standard install .

It was an accurate response, your setup is not standard and therefore not a standard install . Free support is generally targeted at the standard install because it then remains manageable for people to provide it (for free). If looking for free support for a non- standard install I suggest being a …

As stated in my original post, standard install is the first thing I tried. It returns errors.

The guide you linked outright says it assumes I have Discourse working. Which I don’t. I’m also not trying to run other websites on the same machine as Discourse, I am trying to run Discourse on a second machine.

Yes, but it handles the case where you have NGINX in front of the container … so in a way is a similar situation. But I am but a lowly app-dev with some sys admin hobby experience. A sys admin guru is what you really need. If someone doesn’t automatically chime in, consider posting in Marketplace …

[image] What's the proper way to set up Discourse behind a reverse proxy? Installation if you expose a port/ip, all traffic for that port will be handled. The only issue you need to resolve is IP forwarding. So you need to customize NGINX to allow for the forwarded IP addr…

The problem is I can’t get the discourse-setup script past the port check and none of the launcher commands actually do anything. I had already edited the files mentioned in the guide merefield linked before I even posted here as the error message in discourse-setup reccomended, but I don’t know wha…

you mentioned bitnami - unfortunately if you are using bitnami it will be difficult to solve without their help.

How do I even install Discourse?

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Lilly (Lillian ) April 30, 2025, 11:41am 3

sounds like a non-standard install.

please note:

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How do I even install Discourse?

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