# Multisite vs multiple containers

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-vs-multiple-containers/175275>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [January 6, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-vs-multiple-containers/175275 "2021-01-06T15:25:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 8:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/multisite-vs-multiple-containers/175275/7 "2023-01-10T08:52:33Z")

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You can make one site be the [discourse connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045?silent=true) authentication server and have all the rest authenticate against it.

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