# How do I configure a subdomain for Discourse?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-configure-a-subdomain-for-discourse/366299
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-configure-a-subdomain-for-discourse/366299 "2025-05-15T16:17:29Z")
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### Author: ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-configure-a-subdomain-for-discourse/366299/8 "2025-05-16T15:49:55Z")

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> [@Matthias\_Schuster](#):
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> Personally, that isn’t really helping, since there are no clear, dedicated instructions on how to setup a subdomain.

That’s because there is nothing to it. It’s just a DNS A record that points to a server.

On some systems “setting up a subdomain” seems like a big deal since those systems do a bunch of stuff, including installing something that will answer https requests (you’ll install Discourse) that runs somewhere (you’ll create a VM) and point a DNS record to it (the part that you seem to be having a hard time understanding?).

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