# You can now install Discourse on DigitalOcean via Bitnami
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-can-now-install-discourse-on-digitalocean-via-bitnami/32030
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** unsupported-install
**Created:** [August 12, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-can-now-install-discourse-on-digitalocean-via-bitnami/32030 "2015-08-12T15:40:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-can-now-install-discourse-on-digitalocean-via-bitnami/32030/1 "2015-08-12T15:40:13Z")
Continuing the discussion from [Easy install needed for Discourse to become the forum solution "for the next decade"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easy-install-needed-for-discourse-to-become-the-forum-solution-for-the-next-decade/13988/29):
> [@erlend\_sh](#):
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> Pushing Discourse as a 1st class citizen among popular VPS hosts would also go a long way towards making Discourse more accessible to novice admins.
> (…)
> Best of all would be to have Discourse as a [one-click app in DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/features/one-click-apps/). I don’t know what channels to go through to make that happen, but considering there’s yet to be a forum listed there, I think it’s in Discourse’s best interest to get on that list asap.
A “native” one-click app on DigitalOcean seems less likely now that they’ve teamed up with Bitnami to get wider app support “for free”. But that’s ultimately good news I guess!
> **[DigitalOcean Teams Up With Bitnami, Now Lets You Install Over 100 Web Apps...](https://techcrunch.com/2015/08/11/digitalocean-teams-up-with-bitnami-now-lets-you-install-over-100-web-apps-with-a-few-clicks/)**
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> DigitalOcean has made a name for itself as a hosting service that focuses on simplicity. Now, the company is making it easier to install complex applications on its service with the help of Bitnami. DigitalOcean users get two free months of Bitname...
One thing is confusing to me at this point though:
> DigitalOcean users get two free months of Bitnami access.
Uh, I don’t really understand what “Bitnami access” constitutes. Once I’ve done the install, I don’t really need Bitnami for anything more, right? _right?_
I’m also glad to see that they’re on the Stable branch, which means more pressure on the Discourse devs to figure out good [compatibility checks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compatibility-checks-and-stable-versioning-for-plugins/31523) 😉
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-can-now-install-discourse-on-digitalocean-via-bitnami/32030/2 "2015-08-12T21:50:50Z")
> [@erlend\_sh](#):
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> A “native” one-click app on DigitalOcean seems less likely
Not really, we are actually working with them at the moment to make this happen with our docker install.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-can-now-install-discourse-on-digitalocean-via-bitnami/32030/3 "2015-08-13T01:40:03Z")
This probably still gives you a **non Docker, Bitnami-ized install** which.. we regret that we cannot support. Sorry, we have a small team and there are literally an infinity of Linux configurations, settings, and options that all interact together.
We can only support one type of install and that is our Docker container, the same ones we use internally.
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### Author:  [@ryan2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryan2)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/you-can-now-install-discourse-on-digitalocean-via-bitnami/32030/4 "2015-08-13T21:46:46Z")
We @ DO are indeed working with Sam on getting a dockerized application image for discourse working on DigitalOcean. No official timeline yet but it should be the next one-click released. While we are happy to have Bitnami integrating with DO we still have a strong focus on our own images and have just expanded the Community Management team that maintains them.