# Discourse inside Balena

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/discourse-inside-balena/364713>\
**Category:** balenaHub\
**Created:** [October 13, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/discourse-inside-balena/364713 "2022-10-13T23:58:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![balupton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/balupton/32/2869_2.png) [@balupton](https://forums.balena.io/u/balupton)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/discourse-inside-balena/364713/1 "2022-10-13T23:58:00Z")

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

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**Author:** ![mpous](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/mpous/32/4742_2.png) [@mpous](https://forums.balena.io/u/mpous)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/discourse-inside-balena/364713/2 "2022-10-14T08:19:55Z")

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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](https://hub.balena.io)?

Let us know how we can help you more 🙂

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**Author:** ![balupton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/balupton/32/2869_2.png) [@balupton](https://forums.balena.io/u/balupton)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/discourse-inside-balena/364713/4 "2022-10-15T20:37:33Z")

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

> **[GitHub - discourse/discourse\_docker: A Docker image for Discourse](https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker)**
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> A Docker image for Discourse. Contribute to discourse/discourse\_docker development by creating an account on GitHub.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md#5-install-discourse>

That said, it seems the container is rather simple:

- [Set up Discourse for development on Fedora Linux - developers - Discourse Meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-discourse-for-development-on-fedora-linux/163348?u=balupton)

- [Topics tagged dev-install](https://meta.discourse.org/tag/dev-install)

- [discourse\_docker/Dockerfile at master · discourse/discourse\_docker · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker/blob/master/image/base/Dockerfile)