# Can GitLab be installed on the same droplet as Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-gitlab-be-installed-on-the-same-droplet-as-discourse/59147>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 15, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-gitlab-be-installed-on-the-same-droplet-as-discourse/59147 "2017-03-15T09:28:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-gitlab-be-installed-on-the-same-droplet-as-discourse/59147/2 "2017-03-15T13:55:48Z")

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Looking at that page:

> Prerequisites  
> This tutorial will assume that you have access to a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 server. The published GitLab hardware requirements recommend using a server with:

> 2 cores  
> 4GB of RAM

So yeah, you would probably be good with a 8GB droplet 🙂

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