# Without any coding knowledge, is it possible to install and maintain Discourse? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/without-any-coding-knowledge-is-it-possible-to-install-and-maintain-discourse/112366 **Category:** Self-hosting **Created:** [March 22, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/without-any-coding-knowledge-is-it-possible-to-install-and-maintain-discourse/112366 "2019-03-22T19:59:00Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![Steven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/steven/32/187890_2.png) [@Steven](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven) #### Post date: [March 22, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/without-any-coding-knowledge-is-it-possible-to-install-and-maintain-discourse/112366/7 "2019-03-22T21:17:34Z")
DigitalOcean is a good place to start. I like their droplet system, it’s easy to destroy and recreate if you messed things up. A droplet at 10$/month will be enough. I use OVH SSD but I’m french, I don’t know the value of their services somewhere else. You have some options here : > [@Recommended Hosting Providers for Self Hosters](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recommended-hosting-providers-for-self-hosters/79562): > > This guide is intended for people who are not system administrators who just want to make Discourse work. This is a list of cloud hosting services that are believed to be reliable and easy enough for a novice to get up and running with as little fiddling as possible. You should be able to create an account, and a server on which to run your Discourse instance and still be able to pull the job off in very close to 30 minutes. I have installed Discourse on each of these, received an email from Di… I never used a terminal before Discourse, it’s challenging at first but if you follow the install guide seriously, everything will be alright. I run a dozen of Discourse forum, it takes me 30 minutes per week to manage, so it’s pretty easy --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/without-any-coding-knowledge-is-it-possible-to-install-and-maintain-discourse/112366)._