# How to install discourse on shared hosting?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 1, 2024, 7:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-shared-hosting/306293 "2024-05-01T07:05:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jagster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jagster/32/192154_2.png) [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2024, 7:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-discourse-on-shared-hosting/306293/2 "2024-05-01T07:28:45Z")

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That guide is a bit difficult to find here but Google finds it:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md>

You need access to shell, because Discourse works different way than using your web-root.

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