# Why Discourse can be only installed from SSH?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-discourse-can-be-only-installed-from-ssh/93350>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [28.Июль.2018 09:35:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-discourse-can-be-only-installed-from-ssh/93350 "2018-07-28T09:35:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [28.Июль.2018 16:19:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-discourse-can-be-only-installed-from-ssh/93350/10 "2018-07-28T16:19:16Z")

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Think of it as an application rather than a website. Providing you install on a supported OS the installer handles all the components necessary to use it. Database, webserver, libraries and code are all handled by the one installer.

It’s also why Discourse can’t be installed on shared hosting, which typically only offers PHP/MySQL.

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