# Discourse on cloud while wordpress on shared hosting?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-cloud-while-wordpress-on-shared-hosting/29347
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [May 28, 2015, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-cloud-while-wordpress-on-shared-hosting/29347 "2015-05-28T08:50:17Z")
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### Author: ![substance\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@substance\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/substance_D)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2015, 8:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-cloud-while-wordpress-on-shared-hosting/29347/1 "2015-05-28T08:50:17Z")

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I have a wordpress Site with woocommerce hosted on simple cPanel Based host. I am looking to host discourse on Amazon.  
Is this possible; [mysite.com](http://mysite.com) points to wordpress and [forums.mysite.com](http://forums.mysite.com) should point to discourse?

If yes how do I go about. Any specific steps I need to look for while editing the subdomains.  
Cheers.

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### Author: ![nahtnam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nahtnam/32/122073_2.png) [@nahtnam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nahtnam)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-cloud-while-wordpress-on-shared-hosting/29347/2 "2015-05-28T15:14:05Z")

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Yes. Just add an A name for forum that links to your IP in the DNS settings.

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### Author: ![substance\_D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@substance\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/substance_D)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-cloud-while-wordpress-on-shared-hosting/29347/3 "2015-06-01T11:42:41Z")

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Private IP or Public IP

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### Author: ![pl3bs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pl3bs/32/37266_2.png) [@pl3bs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pl3bs)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-on-cloud-while-wordpress-on-shared-hosting/29347/4 "2015-06-01T12:45:13Z")

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You add the a-record to a subdomain attached to the public IP address.

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/a/d/eada1edc3a0eefedf9d550e427ed53879a163202.jpeg "Godaddy Domain with ProDiscourse") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ijumdmUxc)