Windows server publish method

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Most, if not all servers nowadays run Linux, usually Debian or Ubuntu. Are you using this for production?

If it’s for development, see:

Install Discourse on Windows for development

This tutorial has been tested on Windows 10 and 11. To set up a development environment for Discourse on Windows, you can do it using Windows Subsystem for Linux feature. This setup requires the WSL 2 installation. It is only available in Windows 10 builds 18917 or higher. We’ll assume that you already installed Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (Ubuntu) on your Windows 10 system. WARNING: Install Ubuntu 18.04, and not 20.04 since some installations will fail on 20.04. For m…

Install Discourse on macOS for development

This guide covers installation instructions for a macOS development environment, for production guides see: Install Discourse in production with the official supported instructions So you want to set up Discourse on macOS to hack on and develop with? We’ll assume that you don’t have Ruby/Rails/Postgres/Redis installed on your Mac. Let’s begin ! Install Discourse Dependencies You will need the following packages on your system: Git rbenv or asdf ruby-build Ruby (latest s…