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I’ve created an in-depth tutorial to help install Discourse on Oracle’s free plan.

Install Discourse on Free Oracle Plan

Oracle offers a free plan including two low-spec virtual machines able to run Discourse. These virtual machines are very slow and I advise you not to use them for hosting a community. Requirements: A credit card number - you won’t be charged anything, but it’s needed to register the free account A domain name An email provider Discourse installation will be identical to the official guide, but this tutorial will guide you through Oracle’s Interface and configuration. For this tut…

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