# Existing server installation instructions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/existing-server-installation-instructions/135530>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/existing-server-installation-instructions/135530 "2019-12-10T08:08:40Z")\
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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:** [December 13, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/existing-server-installation-instructions/135530/2 "2019-12-13T03:51:09Z")

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There are many, many good reasons we only officially support the docker based install method.

This will not be changing.

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