# Can I use cPanel to install Discourse forum software?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-cpanel-to-install-discourse-forum-software/39302
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [February 9, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-cpanel-to-install-discourse-forum-software/39302 "2016-02-09T17:13:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@RIM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RIM)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-cpanel-to-install-discourse-forum-software/39302/1 "2016-02-09T17:13:21Z")
Question is above. If not that’s quite silly… cPanel is one of the most popular web hosts people use. If your looking to reach a bigger audience its essential.
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### Author:  [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-cpanel-to-install-discourse-forum-software/39302/2 "2016-02-09T17:16:01Z")
Discourse requires root access to install and maintain via Docker. cPanel is a staple of _shared hosting_ where root access is not offered.
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-cpanel-to-install-discourse-forum-software/39302/3 "2016-02-09T17:18:42Z")
For more information, see [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-on-cpanel-based-host/27848) or [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-in-cpanel-php-hosting/36247) where the same question was asked already 🙂
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-cpanel-to-install-discourse-forum-software/39302/4 "2016-02-09T18:05:22Z")