# First steps on installing Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-steps-on-installing-discourse/110372>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 28, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-steps-on-installing-discourse/110372 "2019-02-28T17:58:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-steps-on-installing-discourse/110372/3 "2019-02-28T19:09:33Z")

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> [@verilog15](#):
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> I understood that in order to install Discourse, I have to buy a VPS

Not necessarily. If you rather want to focus on building your community, you could get managed hosting instead, at [Communiteq](https://www.communiteq.com) (formerly DiscourseHosting) or discourse.org.

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