Getting Discourse installed on OVH VPS

[mcwumbly (Dave McClure)]

I know DO is the officially supported and easy way to get it done, but figured I was up for a challenge

I’d recommend biting the bullet and going through the official guide using Digital Ocean first.

Get a real feel for how it works as documented there before experimenting further if you’re having this kind of trouble.

Then, start playing around with more advanced stuff, like this multi-site install guide.

There is also an advanced troubleshooting faq and an advanced setup guide.

But again, start with the basic guide first.

And regarding this:

I tried to use gmail with the three different ways it can be done, port 25, 465, 573, none worked.

Troubleshooting email on a new Discourse install

You should not be using GMail as a default mail delivery (outgoing mail) service. This is unlikely to work even intermittently. We recommend using Mandrill.