One-click install or Docker install?

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Hi Folks,

I am going to install Discourse on Digital Ocean. Just figured out that they have a One-click install through their own panel. I also noticed this tutorial by Docker.

Which one do you recommend? First one seems more seamless. Am I wrong?

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If you want to work on a 1GB droplet, then follow our install guide. If you are OK with a 2GB RAM droplet, use the one-click install.

(tl;dr swapfiles are generally disallowed on cloud services, for political reasons. We don’t actually need 2GB to run, but during web upgrades, you may briefly exceed 1GB RAM usage.)

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