# 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:** [8 בינואר,‏ 2014,‏ 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-a-docker-container/10844/5 "2014-01-08T23:09:22Z")

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A few notable things missing before that can happen

- Sam’s guide on how to upgrade non-Docker instances to Docker here on meta

- Blog post on [blog.discourse.org](http://blog.discourse.org) blessing Docker as our preferred setup method, explaining why, answering top 5 FAQs about it, and pointing to a newly edited install doc on github that reflects this

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