# Install on machine with existing Nginx and SSL

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**Created:** [8월 24, 2016, 4:47오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-on-machine-with-existing-nginx-and-ssl/49153 "2016-08-24T16:47:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [8월 24, 2016, 4:52오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-on-machine-with-existing-nginx-and-ssl/49153/2 "2016-08-24T16:52:43Z")

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Do you **really** need a nginx proxy with Discourse? That’s an advanced setup. We really recomend sticking to the [quick guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) and running everything inside the container and using a DNS subdomain for the forums.

Because SSL can be get for free with basic Discourse. And your certificate is probably for [https://example.com](https://example.com) while forum will be [https://something.example.com](https://something.example.com)

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