# How hard is it to handle Discourse after installation

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-hard-is-it-to-handle-discourse-after-installation/163002
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [September 4, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-hard-is-it-to-handle-discourse-after-installation/163002 "2020-09-04T07:14:35Z")
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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: [September 4, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-hard-is-it-to-handle-discourse-after-installation/163002/4 "2020-09-04T18:09:16Z")

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The other thing that my “Lite” install (which doesn’t include [Straightforward direct-delivery incoming mail](https://meta.discourse.org/t/straightforward-direct-delivery-incoming-mail/49487) does is [Handling bouncing e-mails](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-bouncing-e-mails/45343) as well as enable automatic upgrades (and automatic reboots when those upgrades require them).

A few times a year, a command line rebuild is required to update the base container. And every couple years a more complicated upgrade like [PostgreSQL 12 update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgresql-12-update/151236) happens, which though well documented, can be a bit hairy for someone unfamiliar with the command line. But as I said, I don’t recommend it, but I’ve seen people go years doing nothing whatsoever!

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