# Can I use Discourse in Cpanel PHP Hosting

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-in-cpanel-php-hosting/36247
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [December 2, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-in-cpanel-php-hosting/36247 "2015-12-02T17:06:15Z")
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### Author: ![MUHSIN\_MOHAMED\_PC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/muhsin_mohamed_pc/32/48549_2.png) [@MUHSIN\_MOHAMED\_PC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MUHSIN_MOHAMED_PC)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-in-cpanel-php-hosting/36247/1 "2015-12-02T17:06:15Z")

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I don’t know in which program Discourse was developed. I have a Cpanel Shared Hosting Server. I want to know that, Discourse support on Cpanel Shared Hosting Server or not. If not then, Which type of server support the programming language that Discourse supports.

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### Author: ![lisajill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lisajill/32/32289_2.png) [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-in-cpanel-php-hosting/36247/2 "2015-12-02T17:30:31Z")

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Discourse is Ruby on Rails, not PHP. Here are install instructions:

> **[Install Discourse in Under 30 Minutes](https://blog.discourse.org/2014/04/install-discourse-in-under-30-minutes/)**
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> A few key things came together recently:

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### Author: ![kaliha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/kaliha/32/115707_2.png) [@kaliha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kaliha)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-in-cpanel-php-hosting/36247/3 "2015-12-03T08:22:13Z")

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You can’t fully install discourse, because on cpanel you can’t install sidekiq, for example, only ruby and rails, where is no redis and sometime where is no PG.

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### Author: ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-use-discourse-in-cpanel-php-hosting/36247/4 "2015-12-03T17:45:31Z")

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