# Starting a new Discourse community with old database

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-a-new-discourse-community-with-old-database/102649
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** unsupported-install
**Created:** [November 24, 2018, 6:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-a-new-discourse-community-with-old-database/102649 "2018-11-24T06:24:40Z")
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### Author: ![habeycole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/habeycole/32/128367_2.png) [@habeycole](https://meta.discourse.org/u/habeycole)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starting-a-new-discourse-community-with-old-database/102649/14 "2018-11-25T10:27:30Z")

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Wow, thanks a bunch for this Remah. I actually saw an installation guide here on Meta about installing on Amazon; not with Bitnami, but from scratch. So whilst I wouldn’t call that the [official install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true) guide, I believe the installation process still installs Discourse the normal way it was meant to be installed-with Docker. The installation guide is here on Meta, and will link to it once I’m done with this post. (I’m on mobile)  
Edit: [This is the install guide I was referring to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-amazon-ws-with-cloudflare/37323?source_topic_id=37257).  
So a quick one:  
What do you think?

1. Install a new community using the guide I now shared its link or
2. Starting a New Digital Ocean droplet.  
And note: I have over $1k in my Amazon credit. The only reason I’d paid for that is because of Discourse hosting for about two or three years, depending on the resources I use.  
But paraphrasing the question properly, I’d ask: If I install using the guide by @Frez, is it going to come with support here on Meta if I run into trouble? Believe me, I’d prefer to get help here than from any other place; including Bitnami, which I have now ditched. Better to source for help from the source!

Thank you for your time. I appreciate!

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