Install Discourse on Ubuntu 22.04 Rumi, November 22, 2023 Prerequisites A server with Ubuntu 22.04 as OS Valid domain pointed to the servers IP address User privileges: root or non-root user with sudo privileges Step 1. Update the System Update the packages to their latest versions available after a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y Step 2. Install Docker First, we will add the GPG keys and Docker repository since it is not added by default in the Ubuntu 22.04 official repository. curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add - sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu focal stable" Once the keys and repo are added, install Docker with the following command: sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io -y After successful installation, start and enable the Docker service. sudo systemctl start docker && sudo systemctl enable docker To check the status of the Docker service, execute the following command: sudo systemctl status docker You should receive the following output: root@host:~# systemctl status docker ● docker.service - Docker Application Container Engine Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/docker.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Thu 2023-03-02 16:28:53 CST; 21s ago TriggeredBy: ● docker.socket Docs: https://docs.docker.com Main PID: 96031 (dockerd) Tasks: 9 Memory: 24.8M CPU: 525ms CGroup: /system.slice/docker.service └─96031 /usr/bin/dockerd -H fd:// --containerd=/run/containerd/containerd.sock Step 3. Install Discourse First, we need to download the Discourse repo from GitHub. sudo mkdir -p /home/discourse cd /home/discourse/ sudo git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker.git . Now, once the Discourse is downloaded, we can execute the following command for the script to start installing the software. sudo bash ./discourse-setup The installation will start, and you will be asked for a couple of inputs, explained in bold below: Checking your domain name . . . Connection to yourdomain.com succeeded. Email address for admin account(s)? [me@example.com,you@example.com]: admin@yourdomain.com SMTP server address? [smtp.example.com]: smtp.yourdomain.com SMTP port? [587]: SMTP user name? [user@example.com]: user@yourdomain.com SMTP password? [pa$word]: YourStrongPasswordHere notification email address? [noreply@yourdomain.com]: Optional email address for Let's Encrypt warnings? (ENTER to skip) [me@example.com]: Optional Maxmind License key (ENTER to continue without MAXMIND GeoLite2 geolocation database) [1234567890123456]: Does this look right? Hostname : yourdomain.com Email : admin@yourdomain.com SMTP address : smtp.yourdomain.com SMTP port : 587 SMTP username : user@yourdomain.com SMTP password : YourStrongPasswordHere Notification email: noreply@yourdomain.com Maxmind license: (unset) ENTER to continue, 'n' to try again, Ctrl+C to exit: letsencrypt.ssl.template.yml enabled Configuration file at containers/app.yml updated successfully! The installation script will proceed with downloading the Discourse base image for Docker and building it. After successful installation will be displayed the following output: DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME=yourdomain.com -e DISCOURSE_DEVELOPER_EMAILS=admin@yourdomain.com -e DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS=smtp.yourdomain.com -e DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT=587 -e DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME=user@yourdomain.com -e DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD=YourStrongPasswordHere -e DISCOURSE_SMTP_DOMAIN=yourdomain.com -e DISCOURSE_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL=noreply@yourdomain.com -e LETSENCRYPT_ACCOUNT_EMAIL=me@example.com -h host-app -e DOCKER_HOST_IP=172.17.0.1 --name app -t -p 80:80 -p 443:443 -v /var/discourse/shared/standalone:/shared -v /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log:/var/log --mac-address 02:a7:ac:92:6f:88 local_discourse/app /sbin/boot 48d8ab41804db85677cc197fd19e7d5510faec248d99ce16d5a31082956f3463 Now, you can access the Web interface at https://yourdomain.com/ and register an account. Congratulations! You successfully installed Discourse software using the Docker image. Src: How to Install Discourse on Ubuntu 22.04 Related Administrations Application Configurations (Linux) Discourse
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