# Installation Issues... (First Discourse Installation Experience) **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-hosting\ **Created:** [January 23, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-issues-first-discourse-installation-experience/252634 "2023-01-23T16:01:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![josy38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@josy38](https://meta.discourse.org/u/josy38)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-issues-first-discourse-installation-experience/252634/3 "2023-01-23T17:18:36Z")
Thank you. I want a multisite Setup - so i need the reverse proxy thing… but for any more advanced guide i found here - i’ll need first a working base installation. is there somewhere a more manual installation manual - or is it really needed to reduce the machine first totally to build later up… ? Discourse should’nt be the only Software that will run on this machine… and i just want to have an idea how to keep it on his own layer - while accessing to it - over a public proxy layer… Because thats a throw away machine anyway - i will try for sure… its the first time ever i have to do it for a web app - just because “to keep it easy”… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-issues-first-discourse-installation-experience/252634)._