# How do I see the files in a Discourse install?

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**Created:** [December 5, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-see-the-files-in-a-discourse-install/22887 "2014-12-05T14:14:46Z")\
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If they followed the standard instructions, it should be inside /var/discourse. It’s run inside a technology called Docker. Here are the instructions, by the way:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-digital-ocean.md](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-digital-ocean.md)

You’ll need to use some kind of client that lets you access the VPS via the SSH protocol. You’ll have a lot more options of Linux, including being able to use the graphical file manager to edit files on your VPS.

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