# Could the installation docs address more situations?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-installation-docs-address-more-situations/280811>\
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**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-installation-docs-address-more-situations/280811 "2023-10-02T20:34:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-the-installation-docs-address-more-situations/280811/4 "2023-10-02T23:20:24Z")

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Hey @gilgongo , have you looked at [Documentation - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/docs) ?

To a certain extent the documentation available represents the limited scope of the free support we can provide here.

A fresh VPS at DigitalOcean is a know quantity. This approach allows us to provide steps which are easy to follow, and all but guarantee a working install at the end.

We can’t really account for all of the other configurations of shared server, on-premise deployment and hobbyist install.

If you want to learn how to install Discourse the good news is that the costs of a droplet at DigitalOcean are prorated. A $6 VPS will only cost you $0.20 a day to keep around as a known-good reference while you attempt to install Discourse into a more nuanced environment.

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