# Serve Discourse from a subfolder (path prefix) instead of a subdomain

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/serve-discourse-from-a-subfolder-path-prefix-instead-of-a-subdomain/30507
**Category:** Self-Hosting
**Tags:** docker, subfolder, how-to, advanced-setup
**Created:** [6월 26, 2015, 7:18오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/serve-discourse-from-a-subfolder-path-prefix-instead-of-a-subdomain/30507 "2015-06-26T19:18:04Z")
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### Author: ![renato](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/renato/32/383632_2.png) [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)
#### Post date: [3월 4, 2021, 3:33오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/serve-discourse-from-a-subfolder-path-prefix-instead-of-a-subdomain/30507/103 "2021-03-04T15:33:09Z")

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> [@neil](#):
>
> ```plaintext
> location /forum {
> rewrite ^/forum/?(.*)$ /$1;
> }
> 
> ```

rewrite가 서브폴더의 슬래시로만 일치한다는 점을 고려하면, 서브폴더 문자열로 시작하는 라우트가 있을 경우 [가능한 충돌](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issue-with-faq-link-on-edge-case-subfolder-setup/181798/2?u=renato)을 피하기 위해 이 howto에서 `location` 지시문을 `/forum/`으로 변경하는 것이 안전하다고 생각합니다. 어떻게 생각하시나요?

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