# Installation on 512MB

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-on-512mb/47708
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [July 24, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-on-512mb/47708 "2016-07-24T10:36:59Z")
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### Author: ![atul\_sharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/atul_sharma/32/121676_2.png) [@atul\_sharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/atul_sharma)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-on-512mb/47708/1 "2016-07-24T10:36:59Z")

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I want to try discourse for my training forum.

Dont know how much users will come, but 1000 approx i am thinking as of now.

I checked digital ocean, 512mb,

What are the steps i have to follow.

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### Author: ![Steven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/steven/32/187890_2.png) [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-on-512mb/47708/2 "2016-07-24T11:23:06Z")

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Even for a test forum, 512mb is not recommended. You need at least 1gb.

If You need a cheap test, you can try the first VPS SSD on OVH, the disk space is small but for a test it could be ok.

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### Author: ![atul\_sharma](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/atul_sharma/32/121676_2.png) [@atul\_sharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/atul_sharma)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-on-512mb/47708/3 "2016-07-24T11:28:50Z")

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I bought 1gb but its not installing

Without sufficient swap space, your site may not work properly, and future  
upgrades of Discourse may not complete successfully.

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### Author: ![Steven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/steven/32/187890_2.png) [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-on-512mb/47708/4 "2016-07-24T11:48:11Z")

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I think you can bootstrap the forum and add a lighter swap. I did 9 months with a 1gb swap (on a 1gb droplet) without any major issue

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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: [July 24, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installation-on-512mb/47708/5 "2016-07-24T14:59:19Z")

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Just follow the [installer](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md), the swap is created automatically.