Discourse

Location:

http://ibex-forum.isis.stfc.ac.uk/

SSH access

Is possible with the domain above, but you must have been added explicitly. Currently Tom W and Freddie have these permissions. You will also need root access to administer discourse.

Administration

The first port of call should be the discourse documentation/Q&A site: https://meta.discourse.org/ and the install instructions at https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md

Starting/stopping discourse

The discourse files are located in the /var/discourse/ folder. To start discourse, go to that folder and use the command ./launcher run app. To stop, type ./launcher stop app.

SMTP

Discourse uses SMTP to deliver emails. The SMTP settings are in the file /var/discourse/containers/app.yml. After editing this file, use ./launcher rebuild app to rebuild discourse (note, this may wipe user data? not sure about this. be careful.).

Troubleshooting can be done with ./discourse-doctor which runs a few diagnostics and may help you understand the root cause of an SMTP issue.