From 1ff66421e7e7f0a0830b126cb908002ae963ede7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Atwood Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:50:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update INSTALL.md --- docs/INSTALL.md | 16 ++++++---------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/INSTALL.md b/docs/INSTALL.md index 4fb49a7be2c..4f122d8aa60 100644 --- a/docs/INSTALL.md +++ b/docs/INSTALL.md @@ -1,25 +1,21 @@ # How Do I Install Discourse? -If you want the easiest possible install: +The easiest possible install: [**Beginner Docker install guide for Digital Ocean**][do] -If you want a powerful, flexible install: +A more powerful, flexible install: [**Advanced Docker install guide**][docker] -The only officially supported installs of Discourse are the [Docker](https://www.docker.io/) based beginner and advanced installs, above. We regret that we cannot directly support any other methods of installation. +The only officially supported installs of Discourse are the [Docker](https://www.docker.io/) based beginner and advanced installs, above. We regret that we cannot support any other methods of installation. Alternately, you can try the [unofficial Heroku install guide][heroku], the [unofficial Ubuntu install guide][ubuntu], the [BitNami Discourse Virtual Machine package][bitnami] or [Cloud66][cloud66]. -## Requirements - -### Hardware +### Hardware Requirements - Dual core CPU recommended -- 2 GB RAM *strongly* recommended - -We also recommend you [enable swap][swap] for a total of 4 GB, so 2 GB swap with 2 GB RAM, and 3 GB swap with 1 GB ram, etc. +- 1 GB RAM minimum (with [swap][swap]), 2 GB recommended -### Software +### Software Requirements - [Postgres 9.1+](http://www.postgresql.org/download/) - [Redis 2.6+](http://redis.io/download)