Second discourse instance on the same server

[carlokok]

I’ve looked through forum a bit but can’t find it. If I want to start a second instance of discourse on my docker install, should be it enough to copy/paste app.yml to say app2.yml, change the hostname, expose settings (we use nginx in front of it) and the host paths?

Note that I don’t want to mess with my existing install, I just want another one next to it, if possible.

[itsbhanusharma]

It is totally Possible!

Multisite configuration with Docker

You may wish to host multiple domains on a singled Docker setup. To do so follow these instructions: We strongly recommend you run separate web and data containers The standalone container is extremely easy to configure, however has a couple of drawbacks You will need to stop your site when bootstrapping a new image You run through the db bootstrap only when needed Multisite is a fairly advanced topic, learn about hooks before attempting this. Understand hooks Discourse templates use pups, …

[sam]

Depending on what you are after (do you want to share plugins or not). If you need a second dedicated instance with different plugins you will need to expose a different port from the new container and then run a load balancer in front like HAProxy.

[carlokok]

If I want different plugins I take it just need to clone the whole thing, separate everything?

[sam]

Yeah, plus running a load balancer