# Zero downtime rebuild discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/zero-downtime-rebuild-discourse/71618
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [October 8, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zero-downtime-rebuild-discourse/71618 "2017-10-08T08:19:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@eldy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eldy)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zero-downtime-rebuild-discourse/71618/1 "2017-10-08T08:19:16Z")
I have to wait at least 5 min when I installed a plugin, I do it on a production server, means my site is affected, it will be down for 5 min for the rebuild. Anyway to achieve zero download deployment?
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### Author:  [@jcoates](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jcoates)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2017, 10:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zero-downtime-rebuild-discourse/71618/2 "2017-10-08T10:01:21Z")
If you are running your site on just one server… your best option is just pick a 5 minute period when your site will have the least amount of traffic.
If you have a high availability setup, with different servers for your app and database, then you can add/update one app server then update the other. However, your server has to go down at some point to install a plugin.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zero-downtime-rebuild-discourse/71618/3 "2017-10-08T13:53:32Z")
See [Move from standalone container to separate web and data containers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-move-from-standalone-container-to-separate-web-and-data-containers/29413)