# One server for 2 Discourse communities?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-server-for-2-discourse-communities/392692
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [January 5, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-server-for-2-discourse-communities/392692 "2026-01-05T11:28:28Z")
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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: [January 5, 2026, 11:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-server-for-2-discourse-communities/392692/1 "2026-01-05T11:28:29Z")

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I already have a server for one of my communities, using Hetzner Cloud.  
Since I’m just starting out, there’s not enough traffic yet and even when it starts growing, the initial traffic will not be enough that justifies 2 servers.

I wanted to spend some time building the community without having to spend extra money, if I don’t have to, especially because I don’t even know _when_ it really justifies 2 servers. Even at a low price of $5 a month, if it takes me 10 months to get to a point where the traffic justifies a separate server, that’s $50 that I could save and use for something else.

Can I use a single server for 2 Discourse installations?  
I’m thinking that maybe there’s some conflict because of the IP, but since I’m not an expert, I don’t know the options?

Any tips? Thanks!

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