# Installing discourse on 'inmotion hosting'

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-on-inmotion-hosting/72757
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [October 25, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-on-inmotion-hosting/72757 "2017-10-25T13:02:59Z")
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### Author: ![marianco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/marianco/32/60227_2.png) [@marianco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marianco)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-on-inmotion-hosting/72757/10 "2018-03-20T06:14:57Z")

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> [@Hosting Discourse on Shared Hosting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-discourse-on-shared-hosting/26195/2):
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> > [@Hosting Discourse on Shared Hosting?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hosting-discourse-on-shared-hosting/26195/2):
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> > No it isn’t on shared hosting, as it requires Docker to do the install,  
> > which requires special kernel versions and such.
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> You can’t host Discourse in a shared hosting server.

That isn’t a good answer.

What about answering this question:

What if you upgrade from Shared Hosting to a **Managed VPS Hosting** in Inmotion Hosting or any other host.  
Can you then install Discourse?  
And what would you need to do the installation?

Inmotion Hosting already has:  
PostgreSQL  
Ruby on Rails

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