# Compatible with Centos 7
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [June 29, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216 "2018-06-29T16:41:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@BrookieCookie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrookieCookie)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/1 "2018-06-29T16:41:28Z")
I have a server running already and I wanted to try doscourse will it run on centos 7 or would I have to wipe my server and install Ubuntu
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### Author:  [@robmc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robmc)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/2 "2018-06-29T17:06:54Z")
> [@BrookieCookie](#):
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> I wanted to try discord
Just checking … do you mean Discord or Discourse? Different tools 🙂
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### Author:  [@BrookieCookie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrookieCookie)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/3 "2018-06-29T17:40:07Z")
Discourse sorry my phone auto corrected
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### Author:  [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/5 "2018-06-29T18:43:22Z")
You can try this
> [@Install Discourse on an isolated CentOS 7 server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-an-isolated-centos-7-server/73538):
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> Here is what worked for me to install Discourse on an isolated CentOS 7 server. In a nutshell, on a machine with internet access I prepared: the Git repos that Discourse setup needs: SamSaffron/pups, discourse/discourse, discourse/discourse\_docker and discourse/docker\_manager. the two Docker images: discourse/base and samsaffron/docker-gc the complete Ruby Gem cache that bundle install downloads during bootstrap. I copied these to the isolated server, and used them to install offline; below a…
If you use the search you will find other topics related to Centos 7
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/6 "2018-06-29T19:48:40Z")
Unless you have a compelling reason to use CentOS, go with Ubuntu. Using Ubuntu will be easier since it’s what the Discourse developers use.
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### Author:  [@BrookieCookie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrookieCookie)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/7 "2018-06-29T20:45:09Z")
\*\*mods please lock this \*\*
I understand that but my server when I bought it was configured with centos 7 with plesk the only way to do Ubuntu will be to wipe my entire server and delete all content I have on my main site I’ll just go with a different platform.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/8 "2018-06-29T21:06:33Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Unless you have a compelling reason to use CentOS
> [@BrookieCookie](#):
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> I understand that but my server when I bought it was configured with centos 7 with plesk the only way to do Ubuntu will be to wipe my entire server and delete all content I have on my main site I’ll just go with a different platform.
Sounds like a compelling reason. There are some topics about installing Discourse with Plesk.
For $5/month, you can set up a server on something like Digital Ocean.
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### Author:  [@BrookieCookie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrookieCookie)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/9 "2018-06-29T21:38:03Z")
That’s what I’m going to try and I can link my current sub domain to my digitalhosting forum right
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### Author:  [@rishabh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rishabh)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/10 "2018-06-29T21:40:56Z")
> [@BrookieCookie](#):
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> when I bought it was configured with centos 7 with plesk the only way to do Ubuntu will be to wipe my entire server and delete all content I have on my main site I’ll just go with a different platform.
You could also make a manual backup of your existing site if you’d like to preserve the content.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/11 "2018-06-29T22:06:28Z")
> [@BrookieCookie](#):
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> That’s what I’m going to try and I can link my current sub domain to my digitalhosting forum right
Yes. IP numbers are IP numbers. It doesn’t matter where they are.
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### Author:  [@BrookieCookie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrookieCookie)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatible-with-centos-7/91216/12 "2018-06-29T22:26:52Z")
I have the digital ocean account now opened a ticket to see how to link my domain to the ip they gave me