# Self-hosters what has your experience been? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosters-what-has-your-experience-been/307579 **Category:** Self-hosting **Tags:** hosting **Created:** [May 10, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosters-what-has-your-experience-been/307579 "2024-05-10T19:08:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![fokx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/958977/32.png) [@fokx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fokx) #### Post date: [May 11, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosters-what-has-your-experience-been/307579/3 "2024-05-11T11:08:00Z")
> [@forummaster](#): > > On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the greatest level of difficulty managing a Discourse instance, what would you rate it? I would rate the first-time setup as `5` and maintaining as `1`. The initial setup/configuration process, though well documented, still requires caution with configuration file. Once the `app.yml` file is there, to update Discourse later on, the only thing you need is `./launcher rebuild app`. I would recommend you start with [two-container setup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-from-standalone-container-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/29413), which will give you almost zero down-time during update. > [@forummaster](#): > > If I ever need to migrate my Discourse instance to another VPS, is this a fairly seamless process, or is it problematic? Extremely easy. Just stop the container `./launcher stop app` and use `rsync -av /var/discourse new_host:/var/` to copy the entire folder and then run `./launcher rebuild app` on the new host. > [@forummaster](#): > > What are the most common problems you run into with self-hosting? At most time it’s hassle-free. If you use some old and not-well-maintained third-part plugins/theme components, you _may_ run into trouble after performing an update, but you can disable it anyway. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosters-what-has-your-experience-been/307579)._