# Is it possible to set up multiple separated forum instances (customer forum, partner forum)?

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**Created:** [26. Oktober 2017 um 11:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-set-up-multiple-separated-forum-instances-customer-forum-partner-forum/72836 "2017-10-26T11:18:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [26. Oktober 2017 um 11:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-set-up-multiple-separated-forum-instances-customer-forum-partner-forum/72836/1 "2017-10-26T11:18:37Z")

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I read a lot about the multi-site opportunities Discourse but as I am a beginner I do not fully understand it. It does not matter that much as we do not want to start with multiple instances, however if we decide to go with Discourse I should know if it is possible for the future.

Our use case for Discourse forum:  
We want to offer separate forums for customers and partners. There should be a further distinction for customers, depending on which product they bought.

**Forum 1: Partner-Forum**  
user will be set up by us (administrator) or at least activated if self-signup is enabled  
the forum is private, no one else except for our partners and employees should be able to see what’s going on inside

**Forum 2: Customer-Forum Product A**  
users must be able to signup themselves, however it still needs activation from our side (administrator)  
the best case would be that the activation for a user works somehow semi-automatic by e.g. checking the domain of the email address  
similar to the partner forum the customer forum is private

**Forum 3: Customer-Forum Product B**  
These are different customers and we follow a different strategy here.  
Thus, here we are talking about a typical public forum (everyone can do a self-signup) and contribute

I am not totally sure if this is possible with Discourse and what the best attempt is to realize it.  
Maybe I do not even need multiple forums, however to me it feels that this is the way to go.

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