# Installing Discourse as a subdomains
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-as-a-subdomains/65184
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [2017年六月27日 11:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-as-a-subdomains/65184 "2017-06-27T11:04:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@random1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/random1)
#### Post date: [2017年六月27日 11:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-as-a-subdomains/65184/1 "2017-06-27T11:04:30Z")
Hello,
I’ve been getting my hand dirty with Discourse on my localhost. I find Discourse just amazing and exactly what I need, so thank you to the Discourse team for creating such an amazing discussion platform.
My question is, how to install Discourse as a subdomain. Many websites use Discourse as a subdomain (including Discourse website) and have a separate static web page. I would like to do the same. Is that possible, and are there instructions I can follow in order to accomplish that task?
Thanks,
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [2017年六月27日 12:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-as-a-subdomains/65184/2 "2017-06-27T12:46:48Z")
Just follow the install instructions.they assume that discourse will be on a sub domain.
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### Author:  [@random1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/random1)
#### Post date: [2017年六月28日 01:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-as-a-subdomains/65184/3 "2017-06-28T01:14:36Z")
Thank you. Just one question though. Is there a difference between the 30 minutes cloud install provided in this link: [discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) and the other installation options. In other words, what would be the best installation option that I could follow?
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### Author:  [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [2017年六月28日 01:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-as-a-subdomains/65184/4 "2017-06-28T01:20:23Z")
The difference is that the instructions you linked to are what we support. Any other instructions or installation method may produce unexpected and/or amusing results.
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### Author:  [@random1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/random1)
#### Post date: [2017年六月28日 01:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-as-a-subdomains/65184/5 "2017-06-28T01:40:12Z")
Thank you, Matt. I completely understand but what I wanted to know was the difference between the Beginner Docker install guide and Advanced Docker install guide in this page: [discourse/docs/INSTALL.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL.md)
In other words, what advantages does one have over the other besides the installation duration?
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### Author:  [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)
#### Post date: [2017年六月28日 01:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-as-a-subdomains/65184/6 "2017-06-28T01:43:56Z")
Complexity. The 30 minute install is designed for a typical small to medium site. Large sites usually have special needs and the advanced install allows more configuration for those special needs.
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### Author:  [@random1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/random1)
#### Post date: [2017年六月28日 01:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-as-a-subdomains/65184/7 "2017-06-28T01:51:40Z")
Now I understand. Thanks a lot.
I think I will just use the 30-minute install for now just so I can have an idea about how things work, then later if I wanted, I can reinstall using the advanced Docker install.