# First timer setting up discourse on website

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-timer-setting-up-discourse-on-website/80345
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [February 12, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-timer-setting-up-discourse-on-website/80345 "2018-02-12T06:08:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![katiesmith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/katiesmith/32/120026_2.png) [@katiesmith](https://meta.discourse.org/u/katiesmith)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-timer-setting-up-discourse-on-website/80345/1 "2018-02-12T06:08:16Z")

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Hi! I am hopeful to receive guidance in installing discourse on my website.  
I am not very technically savvy and want to learn this process. I am reading that the first step is to create a CNAME record in my DNS.. correct?  
Thank you in advance for your patience!

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### Author: ![mikechristopher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mikechristopher/32/89135_2.png) [@mikechristopher](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mikechristopher)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/first-timer-setting-up-discourse-on-website/80345/2 "2018-02-12T07:52:12Z")

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Best place to start is here:  
[discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)