Overview
This is a cloud-native Discouse Open Source runtime on the Websoft9 Application Hosting Platform. It is always up-to-date, secure, and ready to use right out of the box with business support from Websoft9.
Discourse is modern forum software for your community. Use it as a mailing list, discussion forum, long-form chat room, and more.
Websoft9 is a lightweight, self-hosting PaaS that allows you to deploy multiple applications on your own cloud infrastructure. It employs a GitOps approach and includes an integrated app store that supports one-click deployment of over 200 template applications, as well as the ability to deploy custom applications. Users have complete autonomy, ensuring that applications can be easily configured and continuously deployed even after they are live. Additionally, the web-based interface allows users to effortlessly perform tasks such as domain binding, HTTPS setup, access control, and status monitoring.
Image Components
Discourse Open Source 3 / latest, Docker, Websoft9 v2.1.11
Trademark Statement
Discourse logo and "Discourse Forum"®, Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc., which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this product.
Use Cases
Support & Customer Success Online Community.
Ready-to-use related applications
This product enables users to deploy additional applications related to Discourse with a one-click, including Odoo, Chat.woot, and others you may need.
EC2 requirements CPU no less than 2 core, Memory no less than 4G.
Highlights
- Docker-based, easy to deploy and upgrade
- One-click deployment of over 200+ template applications from the console
- Console panel for installing and managing multiple applications on a single instance
Details
Typical total price
$0.101/hour
Pricing
Free trial
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
|---|---|---|---|
t2.nano | $0.00 | $0.006 | $0.006 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.039 | $0.012 | $0.051 |
t2.small | $0.039 | $0.023 | $0.062 |
t2.medium Recommended | $0.055 | $0.046 | $0.101 |
t2.large | $0.055 | $0.093 | $0.148 |
t2.xlarge | $0.078 | $0.186 | $0.264 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.11 | $0.371 | $0.481 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.055 | $0.01 | $0.065 |
t3.small | $0.055 | $0.021 | $0.076 |
t3.medium | $0.055 | $0.042 | $0.097 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
|---|---|
EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
Annual Subscriptions: Refunds are allowed if you are canceling a subscription to purchase a new subscription from Websoft9 at the same or higher rate. Hourly Subscriptions: We do not currently support refunds, but you can cancel at any time.
Legal
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Content disclaimer
Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Discourse 3.0, Docker, Websoft9 v2.1.11
Additional details
Usage instructions
Once the instance is running, enter the http://Public DNS:9000 provided by AWS into your browser. You will then see the Websoft9 Console.
And refer to the following steps to get started:
- Use SSH to connect your AWS EC2 by user ubuntu
- Run command 'sudo usermod -aG docker ubuntu && sudo passwd ubuntu' to set password and permisson for this user
- Use your EC2 username 'ubuntu' and password to log in Websoft9 Console.
- Go to the "App Store" in the Websoft9 Console and install Discourse with a one-click.
- Once installation is complete, go to "My Apps" to get the port, access url and credentials of Discourse.
Resources
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Support
Vendor support
AWS infrastructure support
AWS Support is a one-on-one, fast-response support channel that is staffed 24x7x365 with experienced and technical support engineers. The service helps customers of all sizes and technical abilities to successfully utilize the products and features provided by Amazon Web Services.
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