# Install Discouse on an Ubuntu VPS

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discouse-on-an-ubuntu-vps/24072
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [2015 年 1 月 16 日午前 4:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discouse-on-an-ubuntu-vps/24072 "2015-01-16T04:35:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![marknzl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@marknzl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marknzl)
#### Post date: [2015 年 1 月 16 日午前 4:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discouse-on-an-ubuntu-vps/24072/1 "2015-01-16T04:35:03Z")

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Hi,

To be honest I have no idea how to install Discourse on an Ubuntu server.  
I would really appreciate some help from anyone. All I want to do is get an instance of Discourse running.

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [2015 年 1 月 16 日午前 4:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discouse-on-an-ubuntu-vps/24072/2 "2015-01-16T04:43:20Z")

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You need a kernel that supports Docker and AUFS. Do you already have a VPS provider? What/who is it?

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### Author: ![marknzl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@marknzl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marknzl)
#### Post date: [2015 年 1 月 16 日午前 8:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discouse-on-an-ubuntu-vps/24072/3 "2015-01-16T08:34:14Z")

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I use Vultr as my VPS provider.

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### Author: ![mbs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mbs/32/115465_2.png) [@mbs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mbs)
#### Post date: [2015 年 1 月 16 日午前 8:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discouse-on-an-ubuntu-vps/24072/4 "2015-01-16T08:35:43Z")

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I installed my instance on a Ubuntu VPS just yesterday. I followed a guide written somewhere around here, it was pretty good and went well, even though there were a few minor hiccups, but probably errors on my part.

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### Author: ![steven\_yue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/steven_yue/32/107059_2.png) [@steven\_yue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/steven_yue)
#### Post date: [2015 年 1 月 16 日午前 8:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discouse-on-an-ubuntu-vps/24072/5 "2015-01-16T08:40:24Z")

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Just follow [This guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-digital-ocean.md). It uses ubuntu

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [2015 年 1 月 16 日午前 9:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discouse-on-an-ubuntu-vps/24072/6 "2015-01-16T09:14:22Z")

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Try to follow the docker install, which @steven_yue linked, and stop if the launcher script complains about “device mapper” (it’s horrible and slow).