403 forbidden after installation

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That “Forbidden” page is served up by an Apache webserver.

Only one application at a time can listen on any given socket. The first server that starts will claim the HTTP socket for itself, preventing the other server from accepting any connections. You can run Discourse alongside Apache, but it requires a specific setup:

  • Apache needs to run with mpm_event, mod_proxy, mod_proxy_http and probably mod_proxy_balancer.
  • You must modify Discourse’s configuration: disable SSL support and expose "127.0.0.1:4000:80".
  • Change your Apache config to proxy requests for forum.gameguides.fr to Discourse at localhost:4000.

You can find further info and examples here on meta. Some Apache config samples are here and here.

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