# Help changing domain

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-changing-domain/175577
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [January 9, 2021, 5:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-changing-domain/175577 "2021-01-09T05:24:49Z")
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### Author: ![itsbhanusharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/itsbhanusharma/32/180717_2.png) [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-changing-domain/175577/4 "2021-01-09T09:36:47Z")

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No, Your installation isn’t dead. Did you follow this guide?

> [@Change the domain name or rename your Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-domain-name-or-rename-my-discourse/16098):
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> bookmark This guide explains how-to change the domain name of your Discourse site, and includes information about setting up DNS changes, editing configuration files, updating site settings, and correcting social logins and post content to reflect your new domain name. warning This guide is for self-hosted Discourse instances that were installed using our [installation guide on GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md). If you are [hosted by Discourse](https://www.discourse.org/pricing), please see [Configure your domain name for hosted Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-your-domain-name-for-hosted-discourse/21827) for specific …

If so, the only additional steps required with an external nginx is to change the domain name in the nginx config and generate ssl for the new domain.

If you can’t get it up, it might be worth sharing what steps you took to rename discourse installation.

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