# Start failed, address already in use

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-failed-address-already-in-use/40741>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [March 8, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-failed-address-already-in-use/40741 "2016-03-08T12:04:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Sander78](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sander78/32/296615_2.png) [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2016, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-failed-address-already-in-use/40741/6 "2016-03-08T13:19:29Z")

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And if you want to host multiple Discourse instances, use multisite.

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