I followed the tutorial below which got me up and running quickly and simply on Linode (something I was also able to do, but with much more difficulty on DigitalOcean). Through searching on this forum I became aware of a general bias toward Digital Ocean. Notwithstanding this, getting a Discourse up nd running on Linode turned out to be more simple (perhaps only due to this concise Youtube Tutorial…) [TechHut The Surprisingly Easy Way to Install Discourse with Free SSL] I am agnostic about Discourse hosting providers, except that (of course in addition to value for my dollar) I lean toward any platform that can SIMPLIFY things for me as a novice dev. I do through my research on this forum recall the Devs here generally advising in support of D.O for (perhaps among other things) potential security advantages. Currently I am happily running a development and testing instance of Discourse on Linode (with essentially no traffic) on a 2 GB RAM and 50 GB Disk for $12.50/monthly (including their backup option), and would very much appreciate any current analysis or advisement upon which platform to deploy a production Discourse instance best optimized for (potential) scalability?

You should offer your system for the hosting providers out there. And get an affiliate fee each time they have someone install discourse. I bet if they bite you’ll do really well.

[صورة] Alex Sirota: You should offer your system for the hosting providers out there. And get an affiliate fee each time they have someone install discourse. I’ve got one group doing something like that, and am working on finding more!

[صورة] Robert: If you don’t learn some of the basics during the process of installing and setting up your own instatiation of the standard install, then you are surely at greater risk not being able to understand or support your own install going forward? [صورة] Robert: If you don’t learn some of the basics during the process of installing and setting up your own instatiation of the standard install, then you are surely at greater risk not being able to understand or support your own install going forward? My apologies if I don’t understand all the meaning of the discussion. I just want to add that I believe that if anyone uses a 1-click install provided from a VPS (example), it’s not considered here on meta as a standard install anymore (as Robert said), and thus people on #support will likely be less prone to help for free because of this. It seems important to me to consider this. That said, in theory, an official 1-click install would be awesome of course.

[صورة] Coin-coin le Canapin: That said, in theory, an official 1-click install would be awesome of course. LOL teeny tiny text ! Learning geekily is always the most fun, but the process of nOObification is the second-most fun. I’ve tried installing Discourse (almost) all of the current ways – I’m currently hacking away on a cPanel method (@denvergeeks ducks for cover!) – and IMO the only truly one-click install is the click of that button… [Screenshot 2022-10-05 134505]

Can’t help but think this button is the official 1-click install :smile:

The cloud paid for version is the only 1-click install for sure. All other installs will by definition be custom in some way. Thanks for the DO marketplace link for Discourse. That’s great to know! Linode has one too.

Peruse #unsupported-install to get an idea of the things which go wrong with third-party packages and one-click installs. Even if it’s to comment out a broken plugin, the terminal is going to be around for the foreseeable. If that doesn’t convince you that a handful of lines of bash are worth learning, then very little will!

Oh I know my way around the CLI. I have been using them since the late 1980s. I would like to suggest that the less one has to do in the CLI and more than can be done in the UI post install the better.

[صورة] Robert: Just look at Communiteq’s homepage for an example? For what it’s worth, I’ve been a happy Communiteq customer for over six years now. We pay anually so it is less than $17/month – and they include email and Askimet anti-spam. They’ve taken care of all the updates and there has never been any problem at all. Unless you’re planning on a super busy forum, or need to use more than the basic plug-ins, it seems to me that Communiteq is actually less expensive than trying to host Discourse yourself (since email and anti-spam is included).

[صورة] Jim Rea: Unless you’re planning on a super busy forum, or need to use more than the basic plug-ins, it seems to me that Communiteq is actually less expensive than trying to host Discourse yourself (since email and anti-spam is included). I think Communiteq do great work, and I’d probably refer to theirs as ‘the perfect service’ if all of the plugins made by the Discourse team themselves were included in every plan. I’m not sure about the “less expensive” bit, though. I’ve browsed their website (including their FAQ and somewhat anemic Knowledge Base), and they don’t seem to be super transparent regarding the specs of the hardware on offer. They also curiously claim to be based in the EU and yet omit VAT from their prices (is that legal?). As a rough example; Self-host Communiteq Email €0 Akismet ~ €3 Server $6 Total ~ €10 $20 or $29 (excl. VAT) For email I chose Sendinblue which offer 300 free emails per day. This might not be enough for all communities, but it is definitely sufficient for smaller communities. For Akismet, I made the assumption the forum is not commercial and doesn’t show ads. This results in choose-your-own-price pricing, with them suggesting €36 / year. For the server itself, I went with the cheapest option provided by DO. This includes more than double the storage offered by Communiteq. It may be more stingy in terms of CPU or RAM; DO offer that information, but Communiteq don’t, so your guess is as good as mine. When it comes to fairness - well, it isn’t fair. I don’t think any such comparison will ever be entirely apples-to-apples, and an obvious caveat of my comparison is that one option is a managed solution and the other is a do it (and figure it out) yourself approach - a fundamental difference. Part of that difference is more freedom in terms of plugins. Pros and cons… no right answer. My goal was to roughly replicate what they offer (in terms of functionality, not convenience) and see how the prices compare. For me, factoring in VAT, they come in at over three times the DIY pricing. That seems quite far from “less expensive”, and allows for multiple upgrades for the self-hosted solution without Communiteq price-matching or becoming the more affordable choice. This probably reads as being very anti-Communiteq; that honestly isn’t my intention. I don’t think it’s reasonable to expect them to offer more convenience and lower prices - particularly given that every plan of theirs appears to include access to a support team, who naturally need to be paid. I’m only responding to a statement which I believe takes the hyperbole a bit too far. FWIW, depending on where people live & which plugins they want, I would probably recommend Communiteq to them. (Though I would love to know the story behind a based-in-Europe company charging nearly 50% more for customers choosing the EU data centre, and that price not even including tax…)

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