# I want to start a Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-start-a-discourse/61025>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [April 15, 2017, 8:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-start-a-discourse/61025 "2017-04-15T08:03:22Z")\
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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:** [April 15, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-want-to-start-a-discourse/61025/6 "2017-04-15T12:55:41Z")

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You don’t really have a physical server, but rent space on one.

I answer many questions on my [install page](https://www.literatecomputing.com/product/discourse-install/).

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