# Test admin features without having to install Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-admin-features-without-having-to-install-discourse/102035
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-admin-features-without-having-to-install-discourse/102035 "2018-11-14T15:20:59Z")
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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: [November 17, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/test-admin-features-without-having-to-install-discourse/102035/4 "2018-11-17T17:40:08Z")

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> ⚠ Mod edit. Please note this post is from 2018, and may not reflect our current sign up processes.

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> [@desrocchi](#):
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> Oh, that requires a Credid Card number that I don’t have

Yep, for security and anti-fraud we require the card up front. No charges are made to it, we just verify that it’s a real card.

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