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How Do I Install Discourse?
Simple 30 minute basic install:
Beginner Docker install guide for Digital Ocean
Powerful, flexible, large install:
Advanced Docker install guide
The only officially supported installs of Discourse are the Docker based beginner and advanced installs. We regret that we cannot support any other methods of installation. (Alternately, you can try the unofficial Heroku install guide, the unofficial Ubuntu install guide, the BitNami Discourse Virtual Machine package or Cloud66.)
Hardware Requirements
- Dual core CPU recommended
- 1 GB RAM minimum (with swap), 2 GB recommended
Software Requirements
- Postgres 9.1+
- Redis 2.6+
- Ruby 1.9.3+ (we recommend 2.0.0-p353 or higher)
Security
We take security very seriously at Discourse, and all our code is 100% open source and peer reviewed. Please read our security guide for an overview of security measures in Discourse.