Set up Docker Swarm and abra
Deploy coop-cloud/traefik
abra app new discourse --secrets (optionally with --pass if you'd like to save secrets in pass)
abra app config YOURAPPDOMAIN - be sure to change $DOMAIN to something that resolves to your Docker swarm box
abra app deploy YOURAPPDOMAIN
Open the configured domain in your browser to finish set-up

To add a new admin user

Category: Apps
Status:
Image: bitnami/discourse
Healthcheck: yes
Backups: no
Email: yes
Tests: no
SSO: no

Install plugins

Login to instance abra app run APPNAME app sh
cd /bitnami/discourse/plugins/
git clone plugin.git for example https://github.com/discourse/discourse-openid-connect.git
abra app restart YOURAPPDOMAIN app

We've had some luck running discourse-events.

Until issue #1 is fixed, the default user is user and the default password is bitnami123

Welcome to hell.

abra app run YOURAPPDOMAIN db pg_dumpall -U discourse | gzip > YOURAPPDOMAIN_db_DATE.sql.gz
abra app volume ls YOURAPPDOMAIN, find the name of the Postgres data volume
scp the backup to your VPS
abra app undeploy YOURAPPDOMAIN
abra app volume rm YOURAPPDOMAIN, choose the Postgres data volume
abra app deploy YOURAPPDOMAIN, then abra app undeploy YOURAPPDOMAIN
ssh to the VPS, run (replacing 13-alpine with the new Postgres version) docker run -v YOURDATAVOLUME:/var/lib/postgresql/data -e POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust -it postgres:13-alpine
In another SSH session on the server, run docker ps to find the ID of the new Postgres container, then docker exec -it CONTAINERID bash
In the shell you just launched, run dropdb -U discourse discourse, then createdb -U discourse discourse, then Ctrl+D or run exit
In the second SSH session, run zcat YOURAPPDOMAIN_db_DATE.sql.gz | docker exec -it CONTAINERID psql -U discourse
Exit the second SSH session
Back in the first SSH session, Ctrl+C to shut down the database
abra app deploy YOURAPPDOMAIN