# Install docker open http://docs.docker.io/en/latest/installation/ubuntulinux/#ubuntu-raring # Install postgresql-client for management-tasks sudo apt-get install postgresql-client # Install supervisor, the process manager sudo apt-get install python-pip sudo pip install supervisor git clone https://github.com/srid/discourse-docker.git cd discourse-docker # Pull the docker images (expect this to download a few megabytes) make pull # or `make build` if you want to locally build them # Configure your discourse site domain (DISCOURSE_HOST) more etc/env echo 'export DISCOURSE_HOST=mysite.com:5000' > .env # OPTIONAL: email support via postmarkapp.com. # later, add the 'From' address to Discourse admin settings. echo 'export POSTMARK_API_KEY=<apikey>' >> .env # Start supervisor on a separate terminal window. This will # automatically start the redis and postgresql containers. make supervisor # Verify that redis-server and postgres are running. # Note: bin/sup is alias to `sudo supervisorctl`. bin/sup status # Setup the discourse database and compile static assets. # Note: postgres data is at data/postgres; discourse public/ # (containing uploaded files) directory is mounted from # data/discourse-public. bin/discourse-start setup # Finally, start discourse, sidekiq and nginx bin/sup start discourse sidekiq nginx # Discourse is now running; launch the discourse site URL. make info # After signing up for an account, make yourself an admin: bin/make-admin myusername