# Seeking help for discourse installation

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-help-for-discourse-installation/258187
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 15, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-help-for-discourse-installation/258187 "2023-03-15T07:03:40Z")
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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-help-for-discourse-installation/258187/20 "2023-03-15T18:32:56Z")

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It’s normal to run Discourse on a subdomain - if you’re running on the domain itself, you have to be using one of a small number of DNS providers which support that:

> [@Configure your hosted Discourse site to run at the root or apex domain (e.g. example.com)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-your-hosted-discourse-site-to-run-at-the-root-or-apex-domain-e-g-example-com/60951/1):
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> It is possible, however, **you _must_ use a DNS provider that specifically supports it!**

I don’t know what the failure mode is, if this is the problem.

> [@pfaffman](#):
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> It still looks like you’ve got an external nginx running.

What makes you say this? From the ps command, the nginx is inside the container, although it’s not quite the same as mine.

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