# Is there any difference between DigitalOcean and Linode for Discourse installation?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-difference-between-digitalocean-and-linode-for-discourse-installation/68846
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [26.Август.2017 20:17:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-difference-between-digitalocean-and-linode-for-discourse-installation/68846 "2017-08-26T20:17:11Z")
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### Author: ![elijah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elijah/32/104055_2.png) [@elijah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elijah)
#### Post date: [27.Август.2017 06:52:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-difference-between-digitalocean-and-linode-for-discourse-installation/68846/3 "2017-08-27T06:52:01Z")

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People use Linode successfully, but I gather installation is a little more finnicky.

> [@Install Docker with AUFS on Linode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-docker-with-aufs-on-linode/39831/):
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> The [30-minute Discourse installation guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) assumes you’ll be using Digital Ocean and makes no mention of an important requirement for Docker: If you use another hosting provider, you should really make sure that a Linux kernel feature called “[AUFS](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/aufs-driver/)” is supported. Docker not using AUFS can cause [terrible pain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-install-discourse-with-only-10-gb-disk-run-out-of-space/29149/37). If you want to use Linode, here’s how to enable AUFS support in Ubuntu (for other OSes, refer to [Linode’s guide](https://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/custom-kernels-distros/run-a-distribution-supplied-kernel-with-kvm) and update the instructions below accordingly: Create the Linode and pic…

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