Install Discourse into domain.com/forums

[floren]

Hi,

During the installation, I’m asked for Hostname for your Discourse? [discourse.example.com]. I would like to use the existing domain.com hostname, and serve Discourse from /forums directory. I have a blog into /, which I plan to replace also with a Hugo based blog.

Can you let me know what approach I should use?

Regards,

Floren Munteanu

[Falco]

Please follow:

Subfolder support with Docker

To serve Discourse from a subfolder (a.k.a. with a path prefix) on your domain, like http://www.example.com/forum, here’s how to do it! Docker config In the env section of your docker container yml file, add the DISCOURSE_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT setting with the subfolder you want to use. Make sure it does not end with a /. env: ... DISCOURSE_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT: /forum The run section needs some changes to send all Discourse routes to the right place. Here is a complete run section with subfolde…

[floren]

Thank you @Falco, much appreciated! I presume I will answer for Hostname for your Discourse? [discourse.example.com]: www.domain.com, and set DISCOURSE_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT: /forum?

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