# Install Discourse on an isolated CentOS 7 server

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-an-isolated-centos-7-server/73538
**Category:** Sysadmins
**Tags:** how-to, install
**Created:** [November 6, 2017, 5:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-an-isolated-centos-7-server/73538 "2017-11-06T17:16:03Z")
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### Author: ![ssvenn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ssvenn/32/86740_2.png) [@ssvenn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ssvenn)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-an-isolated-centos-7-server/73538/13 "2019-04-23T18:31:44Z")

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Yeah I agree there’s definitely an untapped market for enterprises wanting to use it for collaboration on firewalled corporate networks. It is fairly easy to get really slick integration with Active Directory and internal Exchange email in a Windows domain.

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/active-directory-sso-aka-integrated-windows-login/26548?u=ssvenn](https://meta.discourse.org/t/active-directory-sso-aka-integrated-windows-login/26548)

> [@Configure direct-delivery incoming email for self-hosted sites with Mail-Receiver](https://meta.discourse.org/t/straightforward-direct-delivery-incoming-mail/49487):
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> Discourse is all about enabling civilized discussion. While plenty of people like a web interface, e-mail is still the “hub” of many people’s online lives. That’s why sending e-mail is so important, and when you’re sending e-mail, you really want to be able to receive it, too. There are several reasons why: If e-mails “bounce” (they can’t be delivered for some reason), you need to know about that. Repeatedly sending e-mails that bounce will get your e-mails flagged as spam. Receiving e-ma…

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