The discussion revolves around simplifying the process of deploying and setting up Discourse, inspired by the DigitalOcean deployment wizard for Kaiwa. downey suggests that a similar approach could streamline the process for getting Discourse up and running. However, codinghorror clarifies that the main issue lies in the email setup, which is difficult to automate without controlling all the involved components. clay recommends sending test emails to admin accounts during the installation process to prevent common issues.
Has anyone else tried out the DigitalOcean deployment wizard for Kaiwa? Seems that something like this could simplify the process for getting Discourse up and running for folks.
That sounds like a great idea. If it happens, I’d like to see the install scripts send out test emails to the various admin accounts prior to completing the installation. Otherwise, I suspect there would be a lot of people with a single-click install who aren’t getting email from Discourse and are unable to access it.
This isn’t really the process we want to make easier; I was referring to our hosting signups. And the post-install “getting your discussion site set up” stuff.
The self install part is pretty easy as it is.. the email is what trips a lot of people up. And that would be crazy hard to automate, unless we start running a mail server, which brings me to our hosting..
Point being you can only make this so easy without directly controlling all the bits involved.