# Launch Discourse on www.example.com/meta/ In a web folder type
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/launch-discourse-on-www-example-com-meta-in-a-web-folder-type/58860
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 10, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launch-discourse-on-www-example-com-meta-in-a-web-folder-type/58860 "2017-03-10T22:10:14Z")
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### Author:  [@veer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/veer)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launch-discourse-on-www-example-com-meta-in-a-web-folder-type/58860/1 "2017-03-10T22:10:14Z")
Usually i see discourse websites with using subdomain or domain as an address, But for my forum i want to use discourse as on a slash address, because of some seo issues.
How can i do that on docker ? or nginx settings in docker.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launch-discourse-on-www-example-com-meta-in-a-web-folder-type/58860/2 "2017-03-10T22:12:07Z")
If only there was a #howto topic on this…
> [@Serve Discourse from a subfolder (path prefix) instead of a subdomain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/subfolder-support-with-docker/30507):
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> warning Discourse Official Statement about Subfolder setup We support subfolder setups for our hosted customers at the enterprise level and up. Due to heavy technical setup complexity we strongly recommend you do not use this setup unless you are very experienced in custom subfolder setups. It is critical you have a deep understanding of NGINX setup in the Discourse Docker container Secure original IP forwarding using custom headers in the proxy chain Rate limiting in front proxy server I…
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### Author:  [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launch-discourse-on-www-example-com-meta-in-a-web-folder-type/58860/3 "2017-03-12T07:14:34Z")
Please note that subfolder is an advanced setup and not recommended unless you _need_ it – [and you don’t need it for SEO reasons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-to-subfolder-instead-of-subdomain-seo-optimization/6091/10).
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2017, 11:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launch-discourse-on-www-example-com-meta-in-a-web-folder-type/58860/4 "2017-03-12T11:46:48Z")