Discourse inside Balena

balupton · October 13, 2022, 11:58pm

Discourse runs inside Docker, so theoretically it should run inside Balena. Anyone had any experience with this?

mpous · October 14, 2022, 8:19am

Hey @balupton welcome to the balena community!

Yes, if it runs on docker it might run on balena. Would you give a try, share it here and submit it on balenaHub?

Let us know how we can help you more

balupton · October 15, 2022, 8:37pm

The only thing is that Discourse has its own special launcher for its docker container:

github.com

discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md#5-install-discourse

**Set up Discourse in the cloud in under 30 minutes** with zero knowledge of Rails or Linux shell. One example
is [DigitalOcean][do], but these steps will work on any **Docker-compatible** cloud provider or local server. This
walkthrough will go through these in detail:

**[Before you start](#before-you-start)**

1. [Preparing your domain name](#1-preparing-your-domain-name)
2. [Setting up email](#2-setting-up-email)

**[Installation](#installation)**

3. [Create new cloud server](#3-create-new-cloud-server)
4. [Access new cloud server](#4-access-your-cloud-server)
5. [Install Discourse](#5-install-discourse)
6. [Edit Discourse configuration](#6-edit-discourse-configuration)
7. [Start Discourse](#7-start-discourse)
8. [Register new account and become admin](#8-register-new-account-and-become-admin)
9. [Post-install maintenance](#9-post-install-maintenance)
10. [(Optional) Add more Discourse features](#10-optional-add-more-discourse-features)

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