# Two standalone instances on one server?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-standalone-instances-on-one-server/60551>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [6. April 2017 um 14:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-standalone-instances-on-one-server/60551 "2017-04-06T14:33:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChrisBeach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisbeach/32/214628_2.png) [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Post date:** [7. April 2017 um 14:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-standalone-instances-on-one-server/60551/16 "2017-04-07T14:59:23Z")

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**EDIT: Some of these steps are unnecessary - see post below by @kraml**

I now have my second Discourse instance running.

1. Checked out the Discourse code into `/var/[myforum]`
2. Took the content of `standalone.yml` from `/samples` and created `/containers/[myforum].yml`
3. In `/containers/[myforum].yml`
4. replaced all instances of `/var/discourse` with `/var/[myforum]` (e.g. volume configuration)
5. set unique ports
6. Ran `./launcher bootstrap [myforum].yml`
7. Ran `./launcher start [myforum].yml`
8. Added nginx config for the new domain

And it’s working perfectly first time. Another win for Discourse!

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