# \#server-resources **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/tag/server-resources/654.md [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) --- ## [Confused about Self Hosting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-self-hosting/407752)
**Author:** [@Gid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gid)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/confused-about-self-hosting/407752 "2026-07-17T23:09:34Z")
(My level: built few semi complex websites on Wix, beginner coder) A major confusion I had that’s a lil more clarified now is that self hosting Discourse is very different to ‘web hosting’ 1) Self hosting Discourse req… --- ## [Discourse-health-check: one-shot CLI overview of your Discourse server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-health-check-one-shot-cli-overview-of-your-discourse-server/404458)
**Author:** [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-health-check-one-shot-cli-overview-of-your-discourse-server/404458 "2026-06-04T13:42:44Z")
A small bash script I created for my own forum that gives a one-shot health overview of Discourse server. Sharing for anyone who finds this type of quick overview useful. Checks system resources: Docker, Discourse servi… --- ## [Can the /var/discourse and /var/lib/docker folders be on different volumes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-var-discourse-and-var-lib-docker-folders-be-on-different-volumes/401332)
**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-the-var-discourse-and-var-lib-docker-folders-be-on-different-volumes/401332 "2026-04-28T18:17:17Z")
I’m self hosting on Linode and am planning to add a block storage volume because there’s no longer enough space for Discourse to compress its backups. (I’ve done a docker image prune etc which is giving us a bit of time,… --- ## [Discourse stuck with 504 Gateway Time-Out error and 100% CPU after rebuild](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-stuck-with-504-gateway-time-out-error-and-100-cpu-after-rebuild/395794)
**Author:** [@nickharambee1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickharambee1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-stuck-with-504-gateway-time-out-error-and-100-cpu-after-rebuild/395794 "2026-02-11T14:55:56Z")
Having rebuilt discourse today, the CPU on my droplet is stuck at 100% and I am getting a 504 Gateway Time-out error. In terminal I have checked which processes are causing the issue and this is what I see: So it app… --- ## [Hetzner VPS, how do CX and CPX plans compare?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-vps-how-do-cx-and-cpx-plans-compare/391276)
**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-vps-how-do-cx-and-cpx-plans-compare/391276 "2025-12-17T17:01:27Z")
My forum was running on a CPX31 (discontinued), and I rescaled to a CX43. Plan Name Processor vCPUs RAM Disk Space Price / month Additional info CPX31\[1\] AMD 4 8 GB 160 GB 15€ CX43 Intel® / AMD 8 16 GB 160 GB … --- ## [Can too much data cause slowness and need a reset?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-too-much-data-cause-slowness-and-need-a-reset/391016)
**Author:** [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-too-much-data-cause-slowness-and-need-a-reset/391016 "2025-12-12T20:06:05Z")
I have been observing a Discourse forum with a huge amount of traffic, which is causing slowness. There is a tradition, or so they say, of resetting the forum and starting over. The reasoning is that as the forum grows i… --- ## [Capacity planning / Resource requirements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/capacity-planning-resource-requirements/387378)
**Author:** [@HansHübner](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HansH%C3%BCbner)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/capacity-planning-resource-requirements/387378 "2025-11-04T21:13:25Z")
Hi, we’re considering migrating from our current forum software to self hosted Discourse, and I’m interested in some anecdotal evidence regarding possible resource requirements. Our forum has been running for about 20 … --- ## [Sidekiq is consuming too much memory even with UNICORN\_SIDEKIQ\_MAX\_RSS adjusted](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-is-consuming-too-much-memory-even-with-unicorn-sidekiq-max-rss-adjusted/284010)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidekiq-is-consuming-too-much-memory-even-with-unicorn-sidekiq-max-rss-adjusted/284010 "2025-10-09T14:29:39Z")
Continuing the discussion from Sidekiq is consuming too much memory, restarting: I’ve adjusted the setting and see this in the container: root@ip-10-4-2-52:/# set|grep SIDE UNICORN\_SIDEKIQS=1 UNICORN\_SIDEKIQ\_MAX\_RSS=1… --- ## [Followed github guide, vps. help me apply ram/vcpu limits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/followed-github-guide-vps-help-me-apply-ram-vcpu-limits/382578)
**Author:** [@maxjohnson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maxjohnson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/followed-github-guide-vps-help-me-apply-ram-vcpu-limits/382578 "2025-09-29T09:19:15Z")
(1) this is ubuntu 24 VPS. discourse already using 10gigs of ram. that’s not okay. It seems like it build a docker run command. While this included –shm-size=512m I would prefer apply additional cpu and ram constrai… --- ## [Upgrading from 2.6.0.beta1 to latest stable](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-from-2-6-0-beta1-to-latest-stable/380859)
**Author:** [@jan2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jan2)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-from-2-6-0-beta1-to-latest-stable/380859 "2025-08-30T20:25:58Z")
Hello, we are currently running on 2.6.0.beta1 and now want to upgrade to the latest version, but a stable one. As 2.6.0 is an old version, is there anything we need to worry about? Of course we will do a backup first,… --- ## [Memory use gradually ramps up after restart](https://meta.discourse.org/t/memory-use-gradually-ramps-up-after-restart/325117)
**Author:** [@jrivettcsa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrivettcsa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/memory-use-gradually-ramps-up-after-restart/325117 "2025-07-06T13:19:51Z")
I’m not sure when it started, but at some point in the last few weeks, presumably after a Discourse update, the site started to feel a bit sluggish. We’ re running 3.4.0.beta2-dev. I noticed that the server instance had… --- ## [Fast Updates ... with adequate hardware](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-updates-with-adequate-hardware/361350)
**Author:** [@TonyG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TonyG)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-updates-with-adequate-hardware/361350 "2025-04-17T07:06:41Z")
I had a site running in beta for a while on a 1CPU/1MB hosted VM. The plan was to update to a more performant platform after the initial configs and consmetics. While always slow, expectedly, recent updates forced a hard… --- ## [Upgrade failed: low disk space -- excess overlay files?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-low-disk-space-excess-overlay-files/287048)
**Author:** [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-failed-low-disk-space-excess-overlay-files/287048 "2025-04-03T17:22:46Z")
Well, sigh – I’m stuck on a failed upgrade. I’m on a 25G VPS, using the supported Docker installation. Upgrading docker\_manager via the admin panel went fine. Upgrading Discourse from v3.2.0.beta1 +125 to v3.2.0.beta3… --- ## [Rebuild taking ~3hours](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-taking-3hours/240859)
**Author:** [@smileBeda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smileBeda)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rebuild-taking-3hours/240859 "2025-03-16T23:27:25Z")
I appreciate that, but rebuilding the app takes about 3 hours! And this is on a massive VPS. Wouldn’t it be a cool thing to be able to remove plugins just like we can add and remove themes? Perhaps something to consi… --- ## [Stuck at v2.9.0.beta1 – Now Running 3.4.0.beta4-dev after Disabling Hooks: How Can I Lock to Stable Releases?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-at-v2-9-0-beta1-now-running-3-4-0-beta4-dev-after-disabling-hooks-how-can-i-lock-to-stable-releases/350816)
**Author:** [@mreach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mreach)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stuck-at-v2-9-0-beta1-now-running-3-4-0-beta4-dev-after-disabling-hooks-how-can-i-lock-to-stable-releases/350816 "2025-02-24T16:32:15Z")
I had a long-standing issue with a Discourse install that was stuck at v2.9.0.beta1—due to personal challenges, I couldn’t resolve it for years. Back then, it seemed impossible to move to v2.9.0.beta2. Recently, while tr… --- ## [High CPU usage (Ruby)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-usage-ruby/348913)
**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-usage-ruby/348913 "2025-02-03T16:04:09Z")
Pretty frequently seeing high CPU usage and it’s usually around the 85% mark: Was previously showing up as unicorn.conf.r: Could this indicate UNICORN\_WORKERS being set too high/low? The server has 64GB RAM (usu… --- ## [Moving posts returns 502 bad gateway](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-returns-502-bad-gateway/75654)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-returns-502-bad-gateway/75654 "2025-01-12T11:54:33Z")
I’m trying to move ~100 posts to an existing topic. After a delay of about 10 seconds, it says there was an error when moving posts in a green alert area: No new entries in /logs No useful information in console e… --- ## [Rescaling the server, which configs need to be changed? - unicorn workers, memory, etc](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rescaling-the-server-which-configs-need-to-be-changed-unicorn-workers-memory-etc/252788)
**Author:** [@Alon1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alon1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rescaling-the-server-which-configs-need-to-be-changed-unicorn-workers-memory-etc/252788 "2024-09-04T12:32:52Z")
TLDR: Is there a guide or a list of recommended configurations to consider when rescaling a server? When installing Discourse for the first time on a server, there are some settings that are auto-set. One convenience t… --- ## [Notifications are slow causing major delays](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-are-slow-causing-major-delays/313991)
**Author:** [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-are-slow-causing-major-delays/313991 "2024-06-27T14:24:53Z")
I just had my instance merged without another one making the total amount of posts reach 1.5million with over 150000 registered users. The issue is the notifications are delayed (likes received, private messages, new po… --- ## [Guidance on Discourse Hosting Infrastructure](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-on-discourse-hosting-infrastructure/311345)
**Author:** [@Jaskaran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jaskaran)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/guidance-on-discourse-hosting-infrastructure/311345 "2024-06-10T16:26:57Z")
I am hosting Discourse on an EC2 instance, and according to historical data from the CDN, the community size is anticipated to average around 20.03 million requests in a month. I would like suggestions on the number and … --- ## [What is the minimum server power required?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-server-power-required/308591)
**Author:** [@Pirat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pirat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-server-power-required/308591 "2024-05-19T09:04:55Z")
Hello everyone, can anyone tell me what the minimum server power requirements are for the new version of Discourse 3.1? --- ## [My self host isn't as "fast" as other sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-self-host-isnt-as-fast-as-other-sites/307717)
**Author:** [@Genisis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Genisis)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 8:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/my-self-host-isnt-as-fast-as-other-sites/307717 "2024-05-14T08:59:02Z")
my self host isn’t as “fast” as other sites, I notice other sites are near instant/really quick, mines quicker when not logged in I realized, its not unusable slow at all but for my specs I’d think it’d be quicker. 12 c… --- ## [Improvements to js build times in low-memory environments (May 2024)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-js-build-times-in-low-memory-environments-may-2024/306462)
**Author:** [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/improvements-to-js-build-times-in-low-memory-environments-may-2024/306462 "2024-05-02T15:55:43Z")
Our official install guide lists 1GB of RAM (+2GB swap) as the minimum requirements for Discourse. This is still possible, but over the last few months it has become increasingly painful to rebuild Discourse with servers… --- ## [Page loading extremely slow and /docker/loverlay2 using large disk space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-loading-extremely-slow-and-docker-loverlay2-using-large-disk-space/306360)
**Author:** [@user14893](https://meta.discourse.org/u/user14893)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-loading-extremely-slow-and-docker-loverlay2-using-large-disk-space/306360 "2024-05-02T08:16:21Z")
Running discourse under docker and recently finding discourse loading became extremely slow, df -h shows that # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev tmpfs … --- ## [Disk space cleanup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disk-space-cleanup/301984)
**Author:** [@CT075](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CT075)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disk-space-cleanup/301984 "2024-04-03T21:05:44Z")
I run an old forum (~10 years, 200k posts) that has been running into some chronic disk issues. At the moment, we’re not in imminent danger of the lights going out, but we have reached the point where I’m getting daily m… --- ## [Best configurations for speeding up standalone discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-configurations-for-speeding-up-standalone-discourse/162456)
**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-configurations-for-speeding-up-standalone-discourse/162456 "2024-02-14T19:27:19Z")
Our Discourse site has more than 10k users and about 700 daily engaged users. users sending an average of 10k posts per day. our community has more than 160k pageviews/day including crawlers and anonymous users. Almost a… --- ## [Problem with Upgrade \[error 137\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-upgrade-error-137/293652)
**Author:** [@anon36555649](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon36555649)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-with-upgrade-error-137/293652 "2024-02-11T22:22:41Z")
For standard install site have this error log for most recent upgrade: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\* Please be patient, next steps might take a while \*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*… --- ## [Upgrade from 3.2.0.beta3-dev to 3.2.0.beta3 failed due to out of memory](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-from-3-2-0-beta3-dev-to-3-2-0-beta3-failed-due-to-out-of-memory/286643)
**Author:** [@andreid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/andreid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrade-from-3-2-0-beta3-dev-to-3-2-0-beta3-failed-due-to-out-of-memory/286643 "2024-02-06T20:27:51Z")
Hello, Tried to upgrade on prompt from 3.2.0.beta3-dev to 3.2.0.beta3 and it broke my Discourse instance due to out of memory during ember build of assets. Tried ./launcher rebuild app with same result. FATAL ERROR: Re… --- ## [Whole machine hangs during upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whole-machine-hangs-during-upgrade/293592)
**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whole-machine-hangs-during-upgrade/293592 "2024-02-02T18:37:55Z")
Ever since I tried out the AI plugins (and later removed them again), my machine totally hangs during /admin/upgrade. Not every time but approximately 80% of the time. Usually my whole EC2 instance freezes and I have t… --- ## [Minimum server size based on backup?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-server-size-based-on-backup/293832)
**Author:** [@flash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/flash)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimum-server-size-based-on-backup/293832 "2024-02-01T22:05:11Z")
If a discourse backup is 15gb, how large should the server be set for? Whats a minimum that should be used? [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/server-resources/654.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=server-resources)