# Multiple container setup problems

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-container-setup-problems/140680>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-container-setup-problems/140680 "2020-02-05T05:57:24Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-container-setup-problems/140680/1 "2020-02-05T05:57:24Z")

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Hi all! After trying to figure out multisite setup but failing miserably, I ended up doing three separate containers, one for my current forum and two for the archive forums. I went with socketed, [managed to get NGINX working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-other-websites-on-the-same-machine-as-discourse/17247) and [I even have Let’s Encrypt per these guidelines](https://certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/ubuntubionic-nginx).

I gave the archive forums one unicorn, the current only one, but I’m running into a thought: can I really be doing this out of the box like this? Are all containers running redis & sidekiq in a way that messes it up royally? Or should I somehow link the two archive containers to the first one and so on? Because now after restore I’m getting this message:

> Oops  
> The software powering this discussion forum encountered an unexpected problem. We apologize for the inconvenience.
> 
> Detailed information about the error was logged, and an automatic notification generated. We’ll take a look at it.
> 
> No further action is necessary. However, if the error condition persists, you can provide additional detail, including steps to reproduce the error, by posting a discussion topic in the site’s feedback category.

I understood from the [multisite topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-configuration-with-docker/14084) that there should be two separate containers when doing multisite, but I never quite understood what is meant by data and web containers. Does this mean that data containers is the only one using sql and web redies & sidekiq or what?

I’m a quick learner and a bit learned when it comes to this stuff, but can’t really say I’m a sysadmin.

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