# Discourse in an AWS context **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-an-aws-context/86079 **Category:** Support **Created:** [April 24, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-an-aws-context/86079 "2018-04-24T16:41:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman) #### Post date: [April 24, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-an-aws-context/86079/3 "2018-04-24T17:24:48Z")
> [@jacobm241](#): > > the version of Discourse that was available as an AWS image (aka AMI) did not seem compatible with the developer version we’ve been working on: It’s always best to follow the [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) document ([discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)). Third party installers are likely to be out of date, and not supported here. > [@jacobm241](#): > > So what are the options to use Discourse in an AWS context? They are innumerable. > [@jacobm241](#): > > What are your recommendations? My recommendations are to start with the simplest configuration possible, a single server using the standard Docker install. For a frame of reference [here’s a list of how I charge for installations](https://www.literatecomputing.com/discourse-installation-packages/). For most people, I recommend Digital Ocean because it’s reliable and simple to configure. If you have hundreds of thousands of page views daily, or a community that’s geographically diverse, a more complicated setup may be warranted. You can use RDS and Eleasticache, but you’re mostly on your own to figure that out. There is some discussion about scaling over [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/general-guidelines-for-size-of-aws-instance-types/85953/4). Mostly, unless you have wildly varying needs (e.g., hundreds of thousands of people pounding your site for a couple of days and then little traffic the rest of the time), auto-scaling more trouble than it is worth. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-in-an-aws-context/86079)._