I’ve been running nextcloud, vaultwarden, jellyfin etc in docker containers for years, but I cannot for the life of me figure out Dicourse. The setup script gives me some error about not being able to connect on port 80 and 443. Probably because I’m setting it up on a new server which does not have those ports forwarded as I intend to use nginx proxy manager on my other server to reverse proxy to Discourse. I’ve tried to write a compose file based on the variables in the files, but docker can’t find a manifest when I attempt to pull discourse/base. I’ve tried the bitnami container but I end up with no admin account and the command bitnami says to use to setup one returns errors. I have spent the past few days on this. Can someone please help?

Figured it out and have it working now.

Sounds like an automatic response that completely ignored the problems I am having with the standard install.

It was an accurate response, your setup is not standard and therefore not a standard install. Free support is generally targeted at the standard install because it then remains manageable for people to provide it (for free). If looking for free support for a non-standard install I suggest being a bit nicer to those who provide it … Anyway have a look at this, might help: [صورة] Run other websites on the same machine as Discourse Self-Hosting If you want to run other websites on the same machine as Discourse, you need to set up an extra NGINX or HAProxy proxy in front of the Docker container. NOTE: This is for advanced admins This guide assumes you already have Discourse working - if you don’t, it may be hard to tell whether or not the configuration is working. You cannot use ./discourse-setup to set up Discourse if another server is using port 80 or 443. You will need to copy and edit samples/standalone.yml with your favorite tex…

As stated in my original post, standard install is the first thing I tried. It returns errors.

The guide you linked outright says it assumes I have Discourse working. Which I don’t. I’m also not trying to run other websites on the same machine as Discourse, I am trying to run Discourse on a second machine.

Yes, but it handles the case where you have NGINX in front of the container … so in a way is a similar situation. But I am but a lowly app-dev with some sys admin hobby experience. A sys admin guru is what you really need. If someone doesn’t automatically chime in, consider posting in #marketplace if you have budget.

[صورة] What's the proper way to set up Discourse behind a reverse proxy? Self-hosting if you expose a port/ip, all traffic for that port will be handled. The only issue you need to resolve is IP forwarding. So you need to customize NGINX to allow for the forwarded IP addresses so it does not look like all traffic is coming from 1 IP, there is a post here on meta covering that.

The problem is I can’t get the discourse-setup script past the port check and none of the launcher commands actually do anything. I had already edited the files mentioned in the guide merefield linked before I even posted here as the error message in discourse-setup reccomended, but I don’t know what to do from there.

you mentioned bitnami - unfortunately if you are using bitnami it will be difficult to solve without their help.

I’m asking for help with the official discourse docker. I cannot get the official discourse docker to run at all I can get the bitnami one to run and access the site but I haven’t been able to setup an admin account with theirs.

كيف أُثبت Discourse أساسًا؟

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Lilly (Lillian ) 30 أبريل 2025، 12:06م 10

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