Discourse

Updated 6 August 2019

Nextcloud

Contents

Introduction

Discourse is an open source Internet forum and mailing list management tool.

Note

A customizable Docker container uses ports 80 and 443. If you are not installing Discourse in a separate LXC container, make sure that these ports are not used by any other software.

Preparing a LXС container

We recommend that you install Discourse in a separate container and configure it according to the manual.

Installing Discourse in a Docker container

Install Docker:

emerge app-emulation/docker

Launch Docker and add it to autostart:

/etc/init.d/docker start

rc-update add docker

To get a Docker image, copy the source code first:

mkdir /var/discourse

git clone https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker.git /var/discourse

cd /var/discourse

./discourse-setup
Ports 80 and 443 are free for use
'samples/standalone.yml' -> 'containers/app.yml'
Found 134GB of memory and 8 physical CPU cores
setting db_shared_buffers = 4096MB
setting UNICORN_WORKERS = 8
containers/app.yml memory parameters updated.

Hostname for your Discourse? [discourse.example.com]: discourse.example.org
Email address for admin account(s)? [me@example.com,you@example.com]: admin@example.org
SMTP server address? [smtp.example.com]: mail.example.org
SMTP port? [587]: 25
SMTP user name? [user@example.com]: ''
SMTP password? [pa$$word]: ''
Optional email address for setting up Let's Encrypt? (ENTER to skip) [me@example.com]: 

Does this look right?

Hostname      : discourse.example.org
Email         : admin@example.org
SMTP address  : mail.example.org
SMTP port     : 25
SMTP username : ''
SMTP password : ''

ENTER to continue, 'n' to try again, Ctrl+C to exit:

Configuration file at  updated successfully!

DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME not present
DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD left at incorrect default of 

Sorry, these containers/app.yml settings aren't valid -- can't continue!
If you have unusual requirements, edit containers/app.yml and then: 
./launcher bootstrap app

Edit app.yml for the mail server login and password not to be used:

containers/app.yml

DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME: ''
DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD: ''

Enable the SSL certificate:

containers/app.yml

templates:
  - "templates/postgres.template.yml"
  - "templates/redis.template.yml"
  - "templates/web.template.yml"
  - "templates/web.ratelimited.template.yml"
  - "templates/web.ssl.template.yml"

Launch the process:

./launcher bootstrap app

Getting the Let's Encrypt certificate

Get a discourse.example.org certificate according to the manual.

Copy the SSL certificate and the key to be used in the container:

cp fullchain.pem /var/discourse/shared/standalone/ssl/ssl.crt

cp privkey.pem /var/discourse/shared/standalone/ssl/ssl.key

Launch the Discourse container:

./launcher start app

Open https://discourse.example.org in your browser to complete the configuration process.

Updating Discourse

Update the source code to obtain the Docker image:

cd /var/discourse

git pull

Rebuild the container with Discourse:

./launcher rebuild app

Warning

Note that rebuilding the container will take a while, during which time the Discourse forum will be unavailable.