# Maintenance page workaround - can this be done?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintenance-page-workaround-can-this-be-done/408967
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** cloudflare
**Created:** [July 31, 2026, 8:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintenance-page-workaround-can-this-be-done/408967 "2026-07-31T08:22:23Z")
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### Author: ![alltiagocom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alltiagocom/32/492709_2.png) [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintenance-page-workaround-can-this-be-done/408967/43 "2026-08-23T21:03:47Z")

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So I went through the whole process, with the help of Discourse’s bot, which made it a bit easier for me, because it seems that the original topic “ **Move from standalone container to separate web and data containers** ” was written 10 years ago, and I didn’t want to mess things up.

After a few questions, and a lot of notes taken, I believe I understand things a bit more. My installation is running, so I guess everything has been properly set up…?

The bot told me that when I want to update something that actually needs me to SSH, this should be the order:

```bash
# this will take around 20 minutes (first time); usually 5–15 min after that
# (NOT the exact first-bootstrap time — docker caches layers on later rebuilds)
sudo ./launcher bootstrap web_only

# after successful bootstrap, run:
sudo ./launcher destroy web_only && sudo ./launcher start web_only

# occasionally, check disk space:
df -h

# and if disk space is running low due to old unused images:
sudo ./launcher cleanup

```

and I’m good to go.

That “once-a-year” update is bit more complex, but I also took notes on that, I just need to organize those notes, since I won’t be using them right now.

Is that workflow above correct?

And thank you all for sharing your feedback!

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