# Is Sam's multi-hostname ninja plugin approach still valid?

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [June 15, 2021, 10:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-sams-multi-hostname-ninja-plugin-approach-still-valid/193965 "2021-06-15T22:42:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-sams-multi-hostname-ninja-plugin-approach-still-valid/193965/2 "2021-06-15T22:59:13Z")

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I think `DISCOURSE_BACKUP_HOSTNAME` environment variable may work for this now due t

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/19814c5e8109dfb30b8a96e0762d062b200db392](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/19814c5e8109dfb30b8a96e0762d062b200db392)

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