Installing Discourse on a self hosted VPS. A process with FAQs

:check_mark:Contabo VPS provisioned :check_mark:Subdomain pointed to IP & propagated :check_mark:Email DNS propagated & smtp credentials on hand

My local pc is Windows so I need PuTTY right? After starting putty, the following pops
1) Do I Accept/Connect Once?

2) Here​:backhand_index_pointing_down: is it meant before/after install? At which point exactly?

3) Do I need Filezilla before installing Discourse?

4) (I’m aware this is the 1st step) On my VPS control panel, I can either select only Ubuntu 26.04, or 24.04 with 1 free app from the followng. In addition to the apps in pic, the dropdown lists •Paperclip •Bitcoin Full Node •IPFS Node •Webmin •Proxmox VE 7 •Horizen Node •Ethereum 2.0 - eth-docker image •Ollama - phi4 •Flux Node


ask.discourse.org’s AI said most useful can be Dokploy & OpenClaw & lotta others are irrelevant/better avoided (response below). Consider their impact on server resources & whether they can be free. Considering all, is even 1 worth includin or nothing’s better?

ai's pick