https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/install-run-discourse-for-free-in-the-oracle-cloud This blog post is from last year. I didn’t see any mention here; I think Oracle as a hosting company is off the radar for most people. So, before I posted I decided to try it myself to see if it’s really viable.…

[image] jericson: I suspect I’ve messed something up while fighting with the firewall settings. That does seem to be the problem. I started over and worked out the kinks. I also wrote up the process on my blog . Gonna try it out for a while as my blog comment system and see how it goes. …

Just chiming in here - big thanks to Jon and the blog post above he created! That helped me get up and running. Thanks!

I’ve created an in-depth tutorial to help install Discourse on Oracle’s free plan. [image] Install Discourse on Oracle Cloud Free Tier Sysadmins --- Oracle offers a free plan including two low-spec virtual machines able to run Discourse. This trial has no time…

one addition to the free Oracle tier - you can also select the new “Ampere” ARM instances, with up-to 4 cores and 12 GB of RAM in the free tier. Installation of Discourse works without a glitch on ARM processors apparently, and performance is pretty impressive too. Just installed - will see how it h…

Interesting! Is that a new addition? I don’t know much about this stuff, but is that like a “standard” virtual machine on which Discourse can be installed as a supported install? A 4 cores 12 GB RAM for free seems… Weird?

[image] Canapin: A 4 cores 12 GB RAM for free seems… Weird? It’s because it’s ARM based instead of x86_64. And Discourse only recently gained support for ARM .

The free oracle tier allows up to 2 virtual machines. Does this one takes one space as well?

Yeah, but I’m with @Canapin . 4 cores and 12 GB RAM sounds like a lot for a free tier, regardless of the processor type.

Be aware that for this price (free tier) there is of course almost no support, and… well, I’ve been quite disappointed to see that my discourse sandbox had disappeared few weeks ago, without the possibility of creating a new one, the stock of Ampere instances being depleted… :sob: (but it worked qu…

[image] Benjamin_D: my discourse sandbox had disappeared few weeks ago Do you mean that it disappeared by itself, without any action from you, or any warning from Oracle?

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It’s because it’s ARM based instead of x86_64. And Discourse only recently gained support for ARM.

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