# Zelf-gehoste lokale/staging setup opties of aanbevelingen?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-local-staging-setup-options-or-recommendations/290623
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [5 januari 2024 om 12:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-local-staging-setup-options-or-recommendations/290623 "2024-01-05T12:11:07Z")
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### Author:  [@carbonrich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carbonrich)
#### Post date: [5 januari 2024 om 12:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-local-staging-setup-options-or-recommendations/290623/1 "2024-01-05T12:11:08Z")
After some research, the tech co-op I work with came back with the following options for self-hosted local / staging setups. Maybe we have to bite the bullet and double our hosting costs\* (as and when) but we thought it might be good to see **if anyone has advice for best practice or recommendations for alternatives**?
\*We’re a small non-profit and have managed hosting in the UK, so the cost isn’t trivial.
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> OPTIONS:
>
> ## 1. local setup
>
> pros:
>
> - super safe & isolated – can modify any discourse plugins / themes / core code
>
> cons:
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> - performance is fairly terrible: by default it does a `docker image pull` every time you reboot PC, gotta rerun `bundle install` (download and source-build loads of ruby packages) every time you launch, and on OSX everything is running in a slow VM because of lack of native container support
> - [requires manual patch to discourse code](https://meta.discourse.org/t/curl-error-connecting-local-discourse-and-wordpress-sites/248722) to get WP-discourse plugin working (further research needed to work out how to even apply that)
> - syncing with live will require work on tooling, loading live data may or may not even work reliably
>
> estimate: 4-6 hours set-up
>
> ## 2. staging server
>
> pros:
>
> - makes it easier for new people starting, no setup
> - can relatively easily make it the same version, plugins etc. as upstream
> - syncing “might” be as easy as restoring a backup from live
>
> cons:
>
> - high ongoing costs
>
> estimate: 1-2 hours set-up + hosting costs
>
> ## 3. (find a way to safely) test on live site
>
> pros:
>
> - definitely always testing with the same discourse version, plugins, themes
>
> cons:
>
> - need to find a way to not spam users with ‘new post!’ alerts / risk that if we mess this up then people will get spammed. small risk to data, might require restoring from backup.
>
> estimate: 1-2 hours set-up
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [5 januari 2024 om 12:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosted-local-staging-setup-options-or-recommendations/290623/2 "2024-01-05T12:28:18Z")
I’d recommend having the staging in the cloud as a dedicated instance. testing on live site is not ideal and it would be very closely comparable to production. Hosting locally is doable but is inviting a lot of unwarranted headache for little to no reward except maybe saving a few bucks which you’d burn in electricity cost.