# Question About Forum Software

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-forum-software/135975
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [December 15, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-forum-software/135975 "2019-12-15T02:22:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![RCOfficial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@RCOfficial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RCOfficial)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2019, 2:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-forum-software/135975/1 "2019-12-15T02:22:52Z")

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Hello,  
I was wondering if I could use the Discourse forums software on my own host as the hosting is not in my budget.

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2019, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-forum-software/135975/2 "2019-12-15T02:24:26Z")

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Yes, follow this guide to set it up: [discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md)

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### Author: ![RCOfficial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@RCOfficial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RCOfficial)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-forum-software/135975/3 "2019-12-15T02:25:35Z")

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I have no access to the machine, I use [https://elixirnode.com](https://elixirnode.com) to host my website

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-forum-software/135975/4 "2019-12-15T02:28:32Z")

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If you are using their VPS option, the one that costs $2 a month [here](https://elixirnode.com/vps-hosting) it should work.

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### Author: ![RCOfficial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@RCOfficial](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RCOfficial)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-forum-software/135975/5 "2019-12-15T02:29:34Z")

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ok, i will try that. Thank you for your support!

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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-about-forum-software/135975/6 "2019-12-15T16:42:50Z")

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Let us know if it works in the end. Discourse for $2 a month would be a record I think (excluding some LowEndBox promos).