# 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: ![stephtara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephtara/32/517827_2.png) [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 6:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/one-server-for-2-discourse-communities/392692/62 "2026-02-16T06:21:33Z")

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> [@Ethsim2](#):
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> If anything above conflicts with current best practice, I’m happy to update this runbook - the intent is to provide a **linear supported multisite checklist** that reduces trial-and-error.

Is this also applicable when Discourse is already running as « monosite » and one would like to convert it to multisite?

Thanks a lot for the work!

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