Can I Host More Than 1 Thing On My VPS?

It is possible! You can run as many websites as you’d like on your VPS as long as your specs can handle it. :smiley:

You will need to run Discourse behind a webserver / reverse proxy like nginx to be able to host multiple websites on the same vps. Here’s a very good guide on setting nginx + discourse up: Running other websites on the same machine as Discourse

These are the hardware requirements for a Discourse installation, obviously if your forum gets more traffic you might have to upgrade your specs, but you don’t have to worry about that for now.

  • modern single core CPU, dual core recommended
  • 1 GB RAM minimum (with swap)
  • 64 bit Linux compatible with Docker
  • 10 GB disk space minimum
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