# Install/deploy Discourse with Bitmani

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-deploy-discourse-with-bitmani/83798>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** unsupported-install\
**Created:** [March 25, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-deploy-discourse-with-bitmani/83798 "2018-03-25T13:04:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mdreamer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mdreamer)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 1:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-deploy-discourse-with-bitmani/83798/1 "2018-03-25T13:04:05Z")

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Hi,

I’m now looking into how and where to deploy my Discourse installation. Options:

1. AWS using Docker
2. AWS using Bitnami

As far as I can tell I cannot find any disadvantages in Bitnami (as of this date) in comparison to Docker. I read here that people don’t like and I don’t understand why. I have access to the file system, I can install plugins, change all the settings and in addition Bitnami will update it whenever a fresh update is being release. From my end it feels like I’m outsourcing a nuisance of maintaining another part of my system. Especially if I want to focus on the platform itself and the content.

What am I missing?

Cheers  
Maayan

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