I’d like to see the installer accept pasted input. Typing a 32 character password by hand with no visual feedback was not fun during setup.
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Could you elaborate further on this? Do you mean the signup form? Thanks.
No. During installation.
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Ah! Of course. Completely get you now.
what if you had a password instead of that long ssh key..
the way to do this is to just edit the yaml file after you fill that part in. i know that password paste block is a pain.
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That is a fine workaround, but a solution would be better.
Using the “new” installer for the first time…
Is it just me or is copy and paste not available in the installer?
SG.NOT-An-Actual_Key_ni_zJ4foQYKlft-8JTlu17zyxlOemHw.c26QOKqThx941i-vUTDpMAg9z2C6OwPxi4 is a bit much to type. 
The noreply address is set to forum domain i.e. noreply@forum.mydomain.com and is not editable within the installer. In my case I use noreply@mydomain.com
When asked if things look all right selecting No forces a redo and the previous entries are gone. retyping…
Missing the old installer. 
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You might want to vote on this feature request
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Thanks, voted.
but, the installer has been out for months. Is the Team reading/listening?
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Just made a fix, should be released when a new image for the installer is built tomorrow.
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Thanks for the split and fix. Much appreciated!
FYI: I have been unable to have a successful install with this installer. Tried several times on two different servers, DO and Hetzner, and each attempt is broken in some fashion. Trying the Discourse ID and "don’t have a domain approaches next.
if you are having installation issues, please post any error messages and backtraces in a Support > Self-hosting topic here.
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Are you sure about that…the issues are installer issues, not user caused issues.
i didn’t say they were user related, i just suggested that you post any errors or backtraces here that you are experiencing when it breaks “in some fashion”. where is it breaking on the install? 
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I take your point @Lilly
Once again I need to expand my inference on “post in support”. It does not always mean support for the user error… Thought I would become less sensitive with the crustiness of age, guess not. 
I will start a thread in Self-hosting - Discourse Meta after the @Falco fix is onboard.
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Thanks @Falco for adding the copy and paste functionality!!
As @Lilly suggested, post install issues in another place. Here you go New installer works well, but one hostname gave me fits
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