# Attempting to install Discourse on private Apache Server

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempting-to-install-discourse-on-private-apache-server/59586
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [Março 20, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempting-to-install-discourse-on-private-apache-server/59586 "2017-03-20T23:28:02Z")
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### Author: ![naupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@naupe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/naupe)
#### Post date: [Março 25, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/attempting-to-install-discourse-on-private-apache-server/59586/5 "2017-03-25T17:19:29Z")

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Thanks for the posts.

UPDATE:  
Still getting “Server Not Found” when I go to the URL discourse.[my\_hostname] (the Hostname I want my Discourse to be). I’m thinking the issue might be an issue with one of the two:

1. The DNS: “Once bootstrapping is complete, your Discourse should be accessible in your web browser via the domain name [discourse.example.com](http://discourse.example.com) you entered earlier, provided you configured DNS.” I tried setting up DNS via this article: [Dnsmasq - Community Help Wiki](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dnsmasq) (where I have "search=[my\_hostname] in /etc/resolv.conf).
2. The Webmail server: I was talking with a friend of mine, and he says the webmail URL should work as a Mail Server, so I’ve put that in when the Discourse Install asks for an SMTP server address. As the SMTP username and password, I put an admin email account (with its correct password). Maybe something needs to be done on the Mail Server to allow Discourse to work with it?

Eli the Bearded: Can you explain to me what a Docker image is? I installed it as per this guide: [discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)

Matt Palmer: I suppose I could try that method, but I don’t see how it will help much with getting DIscourse to run from my home Ubuntu machine.

Jay Pfaffman: Well, I am trying to follow that install guide, but obviously it’s built around installing Discourse on the Cloud. I wish they had one for building Discourse on a home server, but hey, that’s life.

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