# Set up Discourse on a server with existing Apache sites

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-discourse-on-a-server-with-existing-apache-sites/30013>\
**Category:** Sysadmins\
**Tags:** how-to\
**Created:** [June 15, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-discourse-on-a-server-with-existing-apache-sites/30013 "2015-06-15T00:37:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-discourse-on-a-server-with-existing-apache-sites/30013/9 "2016-08-22T21:00:06Z")

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So I set this up on a local server at my university, and it works 99%. One problem is that the forums are now served at `$hostname:8888/` instead of just `$hostname`, and uploads are broken. See below topic for more details.  
@AstonJ, how did you get around this issue?

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