Multiple discourse instances in a single server

[tharindu (Tharindu Pramuditha)]

I believe this question was never been asked before. My apologies if I’m wrong.

I’m planning to combine 3 discourse instances into a single server. 2 of them get decent amount of traffic (2500 views a day each). The other one only gets low to moderate traffic. I’m currently using DigitalOcean to host these instances. As tasks are getting more and more day by day I feel it’s cumbersome to log in back and fourth into each server.

According to your core expertise what would be the ideal configuration for hosting these 3 instances in a single server? Do you think DigitalOcean will still do the job or should I consider moving to AWS?

Thanks

[Cameron_D]

As in this kind of multisite setup, or something different?

Multisite configuration with Docker

You may wish to host multiple domains on a singled Docker setup. To do so follow these instructions: We strongly recommend you run separate web and data containers The standalone container is extremely easy to configure, however has a couple of drawbacks You will need to stop your site when bootstrapping a new image You run through the db bootstrap only when needed Multisite is a fairly advanced topic, learn about hooks before attempting this. Understand hooks Discourse templates use pups, …

[tharindu (Tharindu Pramuditha)]

Thank you for pointing that out. I’m thinking about having the same multisite setup.

What kind of server setup do you think would suffice? If we talk about numbers?

[balibebas]

What kind of server setup do you think would suffice? If we talk about numbers?

To determine that would depend on various factors. Have you considered profiling your current sites to determine potential bottlenecks? If downtime is your concern perhaps you could get a VPS with more than you need then scale back once everything is running smoothly.

In my experience EC2 containers can get pricy rather quickly.

[tharindu (Tharindu Pramuditha)]

I have opened a new topic as I have come to a decision to use my existing server. What are your opinions about that?

Install discourse alongside WordPress in a dedicated server

I have asked a question earlier today about how to have multiple instances in a single server and what are the ideal configurations I need for the new server. https://meta.discourse.org/t/multiple-discourse-instances-in-a-single-server/88723/5 After hours of researching I have decided to use the dedicated server I already have in FastComet. The reason behind this decision is simply it has got a E5-2680 v3 @ 2.50GHz + 16gb of ram where I have installed few WordPress sites and it’s barely breaki…

[balibebas]

Sounds like you’re on your way. Glad you were able to come to a decision.