Discourse on Google compute engine

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Has anyone managed to make email work with Discourse in a Google compute instance?

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Answering my own question: Discourse running on Google Compute just fine with email and all (port 2525). Just donā€™t bother with the 0.6GB instance, you just run into lots of issues and page loads are really slow. However the 1.7GB instance is a bit on the pricier side, and thereā€™s nothing in betweenā€¦

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Iā€™m currently evaluating an option to install Discourse on GCE.

Itā€™s been over a year since the last response here. Has something changed with regards to GCE best tier & pricing?

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Nope, probably has gotten easier, just remember minimum reqs are 1GB RAM and 10GB disk and modern CPU, ideally one with high single threaded perf.

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Use Vultr or Digital Ocean, these seem to be the go-to :slight_smile: in fact we should have a hosting solution review topic like Whirlpool forum does.

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Many exist already. Scroll through the #hosting category.

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https://console.cloud.google.com/launcher/details/bitnami-launchpad/discourse?q=discourse

^^It is indeed Bitnami. What is that? Can you elaborate?

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Yes there are many benefits.You can use a lot of tech.Currently am running Discourse there in Docker on Ubuntu Bionic for 90 days with $300 credit.
Will keep you posted after the 3 months.I have a small forum

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