diff --git a/playbook-servers.yml b/playbook-servers.yml
index 59b1eb67..a6b99990 100644
--- a/playbook-servers.yml
+++ b/playbook-servers.yml
@@ -202,6 +202,15 @@
         domain: listmonk.{{top_domain}}
         http_port: 8019
 
+- name: setup discourse
+  hosts: discourse
+  become: true
+  roles:
+   -  role: docker-discourse
+      vars:
+        domain: discourse.{{top_domain}}
+        http_port: 8020
+
 - name: setup akaunting hosts
   hosts: akaunting
   become: true
diff --git a/roles/docker-discourse/README.md b/roles/docker-discourse/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/roles/docker-discourse/handlers/main.yml b/roles/docker-discourse/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9d8cc4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker-discourse/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+#- name: recreate discourse
+#  command:
+#    cmd: docker-compose up -d --force-recreate
+#    chdir: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
+#  environment:
+#    COMPOSE_HTTP_TIMEOUT: 600
+#    DOCKER_CLIENT_TIMEOUT: 600
+- name: recreate discourse
+  command:
+    cmd: ./launcher rebuild app
+    chdir: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
diff --git a/roles/docker-discourse/meta/main.yml b/roles/docker-discourse/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d3606e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker-discourse/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+- nginx-docker-reverse-proxy
diff --git a/roles/docker-discourse/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker-discourse/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c047f7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker-discourse/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+---
+- name: "include tasks nginx-docker-proxy-domain.yml"
+  include_tasks: nginx-docker-proxy-domain.yml
+
+- name: "create {{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
+  file:
+    path: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
+    state: directory
+    mode: 0755
+
+#- name: add docker-compose.yml
+#  template: src=docker-compose.yml.j2 dest={{docker_compose_instance_directory}}docker-compose.yml
+#  notify: recreate discourse
+
+- name: register directory
+  stat:
+    path: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
+  register: docker_compose_instance_directory_register
+
+- name: checkout repository 
+  ansible.builtin.shell: git checkout .
+  become: true
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
+  when: docker_compose_instance_directory_register.stat.exists
+
+- name: pull docker repository
+  git:
+    repo: "https://github.com/discourse/discourse_docker.git"
+    dest: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}"
+    update: yes
+  notify: recreate discourse
+  become: true
+  register: git_result
+  ignore_errors: true
+
+- name: Warn if repo is not reachable
+  debug:
+    msg: "Warning: Repository is not reachable."
+  when: git_result.failed
+
+- name: set chmod 700 for {{docker_compose_instance_directory}}/containers
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}/containers"
+    mode: '700'
+    state: directory
+
+- name: copy configuration
+  template: 
+    src: app.yml.j2
+    dest: "{{docker_compose_instance_directory}}/containers/app.yml"
+    force: no
+  notify: recreate discourse
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diff --git a/roles/docker-discourse/templates/app.yml.j2 b/roles/docker-discourse/templates/app.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a97751d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker-discourse/templates/app.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+## this is the all-in-one, standalone Discourse Docker container template
+##
+## After making changes to this file, you MUST rebuild
+## /var/discourse/launcher rebuild app
+##
+## BE *VERY* CAREFUL WHEN EDITING!
+## YAML FILES ARE SUPER SUPER SENSITIVE TO MISTAKES IN WHITESPACE OR ALIGNMENT!
+## visit http://www.yamllint.com/ to validate this file as needed
+
+templates:
+  - "templates/postgres.template.yml"
+  - "templates/redis.template.yml"
+  - "templates/web.template.yml"
+  ## Uncomment the next line to enable the IPv6 listener
+  #- "templates/web.ipv6.template.yml"
+  - "templates/web.ratelimited.template.yml"
+  ## Uncomment these two lines if you wish to add Lets Encrypt (https)
+  #- "templates/web.ssl.template.yml"
+  #- "templates/web.letsencrypt.ssl.template.yml"
+
+## which TCP/IP ports should this container expose?
+## If you want Discourse to share a port with another webserver like Apache or nginx,
+## see https://meta.discourse.org/t/17247 for details
+expose:
+  - "127.0.0.1:{{http_port}}:80"   # http
+  #- "443:443" # https
+
+params:
+  db_default_text_search_config: "pg_catalog.english"
+
+  ## Set db_shared_buffers to a max of 25% of the total memory.
+  ## will be set automatically by bootstrap based on detected RAM, or you can override
+  db_shared_buffers: "4096MB"
+
+  ## can improve sorting performance, but adds memory usage per-connection
+  #db_work_mem: "40MB"
+
+  ## Which Git revision should this container use? (default: tests-passed)
+  #version: tests-passed
+
+env:
+  LC_ALL: en_US.UTF-8
+  LANG: en_US.UTF-8
+  LANGUAGE: en_US.UTF-8
+  # DISCOURSE_DEFAULT_LOCALE: en
+
+  ## How many concurrent web requests are supported? Depends on memory and CPU cores.
+  ## will be set automatically by bootstrap based on detected CPUs, or you can override
+  UNICORN_WORKERS: 8
+
+  ## TODO: The domain name this Discourse instance will respond to
+  ## Required. Discourse will not work with a bare IP number.
+  DISCOURSE_HOSTNAME: localhost
+
+  ## Uncomment if you want the container to be started with the same
+  ## hostname (-h option) as specified above (default "$hostname-$config")
+  #DOCKER_USE_HOSTNAME: true
+
+  ## TODO: List of comma delimited emails that will be made admin and developer
+  ## on initial signup example 'user1@example.com,user2@example.com'
+  DISCOURSE_DEVELOPER_EMAILS:       {{administrator_email}}
+
+  ## TODO: The SMTP mail server used to validate new accounts and send notifications
+  # SMTP ADDRESS, username, and password are required
+  # WARNING the char '#' in SMTP password can cause problems!
+  DISCOURSE_SMTP_ADDRESS:           {{system_email_domain}}
+  DISCOURSE_SMTP_PORT:              587
+  DISCOURSE_SMTP_USER_NAME:         {{system_email}}
+  DISCOURSE_SMTP_PASSWORD:          {{system_email_password}}
+  DISCOURSE_SMTP_ENABLE_START_TLS:  true           # (optional, default true)
+  DISCOURSE_SMTP_DOMAIN:            {{system_email_domain}}
+  DISCOURSE_NOTIFICATION_EMAIL:     {{system_email}}
+
+  ## If you added the Lets Encrypt template, uncomment below to get a free SSL certificate
+  #LETSENCRYPT_ACCOUNT_EMAIL: administrator@veen.world
+
+  ## The http or https CDN address for this Discourse instance (configured to pull)
+  ## see https://meta.discourse.org/t/14857 for details
+  #DISCOURSE_CDN_URL: https://discourse-cdn.example.com
+  
+  ## The maxmind geolocation IP address key for IP address lookup
+  ## see https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/137387/23 for details
+  #DISCOURSE_MAXMIND_LICENSE_KEY: 1234567890123456
+
+## The Docker container is stateless; all data is stored in /shared
+volumes:
+  - volume:
+      host: /var/discourse/shared/standalone
+      guest: /shared
+  - volume:
+      host: /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log
+      guest: /var/log
+
+## Plugins go here
+## see https://meta.discourse.org/t/19157 for details
+hooks:
+  after_code:
+    - exec:
+        cd: $home/plugins
+        cmd:
+          - git clone https://github.com/discourse/docker_manager.git
+
+## Any custom commands to run after building
+run:
+  - exec: echo "Beginning of custom commands"
+  ## If you want to set the 'From' email address for your first registration, uncomment and change:
+  ## After getting the first signup email, re-comment the line. It only needs to run once.
+  #- exec: rails r "SiteSetting.notification_email='info@unconfigured.discourse.org'"
+  - exec: echo "End of custom commands"
diff --git a/roles/docker-discourse/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2 b/roles/docker-discourse/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0fe2d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker-discourse/templates/docker-compose.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  discourse:
+    image: discourse/base:release
+    depends_on:
+      - database
+      - redis
+    volumes:
+      - data:/shared
+    environment:
+      DISCOURSE_DB_HOST: database
+      DISCOURSE_DB_NAME: discourse
+      DISCOURSE_DB_USERNAME: discourse
+      DISCOURSE_DB_PASSWORD: {{discourse_database_password}}
+      DISCOURSE_REDIS_HOST: redis
+    ports:
+      - "127.0.0.1:{{http_port}}:80"
+  database:
+    image: postgres:latest
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_DB: discourse
+      POSTGRES_USER: discourse
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: {{discourse_database_password}}
+    volumes:
+      - database:/var/lib/postgresql/data
+  redis:
+    image: redis:latest
+    volumes:
+      - redis_data:/data
+volumes:
+  database:
+  data:
+  redis_data:
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diff --git a/roles/docker-discourse/vars/main.yml b/roles/docker-discourse/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..024b3cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/docker-discourse/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+docker_compose_instance_directory: "{{path_docker_compose_instances}}discourse/"