# Installing discourse with nginx already running?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 28, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-with-nginx-already-running/191901 "2021-05-28T09:30:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_D](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/benjamin_d/32/277831_2.png) [@Benjamin\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Benjamin_D)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-with-nginx-already-running/191901/2 "2021-05-28T09:37:53Z")

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If I remember correctly a trick is to stop nginx, run the install script, then modify the app.yml, adapt the nginx config, and restart it.

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