# Discourse in a Docker container

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-a-docker-container/10844>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [8 בנובמבר,‏ 2013,‏ 12:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-a-docker-container/10844 "2013-11-08T00:12:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2 בפברואר,‏ 2014,‏ 10:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-a-docker-container/10844/24 "2014-02-02T22:46:09Z")

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If you have very high load on the forum (lots of visitors, lots of posts/topics, lots of logged in users) then I recommend running the forum with dedicated resources. It should be OK if you just have lots of anonymous users because of built-in caching.

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