How to set up a Discourse forum for production use(yunohost?)

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Now I want to set up a Discourse forum for production use.
what should I do? :grinning:
(like: https://discourse.example.com)

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Follow the instructions here: discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main Ā· discourse/discourse Ā· GitHub

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oh no,I canā€™t visit digitalocean.

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Are you behind the ā€˜greatā€™ firewall?

It can be installed on most VPSā€™s with Ubuntu 18.04 offerings. Try a more local provider.

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any more VPS server is recommended?(except digitalocean)

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Plenty, but maybe the local regime doesnā€™t regard them like we do in the West, so even if they are not blacklisted now, they soon might be.

I would recommend you use something within the walls.

Perhaps a local Discourse admin can chime in.

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Thanks for your answer.Iā€™ll try another server soon.

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Hereā€™s another relevant Topic: Our Discourse is blocked by The Great Firewall of China, any tips?

Seems they were using Linode for a while, then ā€¦

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I can try it on Yunohost! GitHub - YunoHost-Apps/discourse_ynh: Discourse package for YunoHost

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Discourse for Chinese
https://meta.discoursecn.org/

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We canā€™t support third party installation packages here.

That installation doesnā€™t use docker which is also unsupported. It appears to be for ARM processors.

You need to find a host where you can use the standard installation method.

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Is that an official or officially sanctioned CDCK site, or a rip-off?

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He make the community, i think he was contact someone in the @team before?

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There are no officially recommended VPS providers besides Digital Ocean.

Any hosting service which provides a standard Ubuntu image will likely work using the same instructions. Some examples would be:

  • vultr
  • scaleway
  • AWS lightsail
  • OVH cloud

Depending on your ISP/city some or all of those may also be blocked. (Even if not blocked, performance from inside the Mainland will be wildly variable for your users.)

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[NOT SPONSORED, NOT THE OFFICIAL OPINION OF ANYONE]
Iā€™m pretty sure Alibaba Cloud has a VPS offering. Thatā€™s probably the first place you should be checking, and would also allow you to have servers outside the mainland in case you have an international audience.

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I think I can use yunohost,but not installed right now.