# What is the best method of running another Rails app on the same server as Discourse?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-method-of-running-another-rails-app-on-the-same-server-as-discourse/9623
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [9월 6, 2013, 12:40오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-method-of-running-another-rails-app-on-the-same-server-as-discourse/9623 "2013-09-06T00:40:40Z")
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### Author:  [@happycollision](https://meta.discourse.org/u/happycollision)
#### Post date: [9월 6, 2013, 12:40오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-method-of-running-another-rails-app-on-the-same-server-as-discourse/9623/1 "2013-09-06T00:40:40Z")
I have a Discourse instance running at something like “[forum.mysite.com](http://forum.mysite.com)” and want to run a much smaller rails app on the same server at “[mysite.com](http://mysite.com)”. Considering the current installation instructions for Ubuntu—which I followed exactly, except that my install is not at /var/www/discourse, but is in the discourse user’s home directory—what is the best method for running another rails app alongside Discourse?
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### Author:  [@pa5tabear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pa5tabear)
#### Post date: [3월 8, 2014, 6:18오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-method-of-running-another-rails-app-on-the-same-server-as-discourse/9623/2 "2014-03-08T06:18:43Z")
I don’t know, and am wondering the same thing.
My situation is I set up an instance on a Digital Ocean Droplet, and I’m wondering how much more I could run on that same droplet.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [3월 8, 2014, 10:23오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-method-of-running-another-rails-app-on-the-same-server-as-discourse/9623/3 "2014-03-08T22:23:47Z")
Our docker based setup is totally isolated, run and extra nginx in front and distribute the traffic however you wish, **note** you will need lots of memory keep an eye on that.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [3월 8, 2014, 11:20오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-method-of-running-another-rails-app-on-the-same-server-as-discourse/9623/4 "2014-03-08T23:20:51Z")
For what we do at [http://www.discourse.org](http://www.discourse.org) @pa5tabear we use static HTML, no Rails. If you want a really basic set of landing pages like what we have, then that’s all you need.
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### Author:  [@pa5tabear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pa5tabear)
#### Post date: [3월 10, 2014, 9:23오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-best-method-of-running-another-rails-app-on-the-same-server-as-discourse/9623/5 "2014-03-10T21:23:36Z")
Okay cool.
So any advice on creating some beautiful like what you have? Did you guys start from the ground up?
Is there a “Discourse” for HTML/CSS templates that I should know about? 😄