Digitalocean's small containers doesn't allow to install flarum.

atilkan

I launched a 5$ container and tried to install flarum there. Container gave me errors, i can't remember exactly but i remember it was about memory and my container was too small for it.
Then i upgraded to 10$ container. It game similar errors but less. Then upgraded to 20$ container and it worked.

Contrary to this. I don't need that much power for the job. It costs a lot. And you can't downgrade after installing.

Kulga

atilkan I don't need that much power for the job

I started up a 512MB instance ($5 one) and successfully installed flarum with composer.

luceos Composer has a bad tendency to not work with less than 1GB memory.

Based on my test, php usage was right around 200MB (197MB through the install). On a currently installed system, it rose as high as 256MB. This of course could raise with other variables (possibly more extensions to manage?)

A solution is adding swap and using that. As a alternative to buying more ram, this would probably be the easiest.

atilkan you definitely had errors and it's not because you ran the command wrong or anything - rather I suspect the other programs using the ram. For example, apache2 gobbles ram. Mysql can use quite a lot as well.
If you attempt to run a program that will use 200MB of ram, along a webserver program using 200-400MB plus a database using 75-100MB on a 512MB device, something has to give.
If I was in this situation (and swap was not allowed), I'd likely shutdown the webserver and database and other services using ram temporarily to let the composer update run.
This requires more work and skill with understanding your system. If you want easy and want everything to run smooth and fast, more ram might be your ticket. Otherwise I'd suggest swap ?

chirag

atilkan
I'm not sure about DO but you can go for fastcomet.com in which you can easily run flarum for just $2.95/month even ask the support to install it for you. They will do that in just half an hour.

luceos

Composer has a bad tendency to not work with less than 1GB memory. You can downgrade, you just need to stop the machine. Another solution is creating a snapshot and use that to build a new droplet, deleting the old one.

webeindustry

If it's just composer tripping out during install, couldn't you create a gig or two of swap to get passed the hump?

VIRUXE

webeindustry you could. It works.

Kakifrucht

Good guide for quickly adding a swap file: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-add-swap-on-ubuntu-14-04

They also have guides for other distros, but it works pretty much the same on all of them.

atilkan

I am new to this all server management staff. I have more to learn. Even i already learned a good deal i come across with some terms i dont understand. İ have to investigate them. i will try these suggestions. Thank you. You are great.

imcaffrey

My server had 256MB memory and I installed Flarum with composer successfully.

Prosperous

If you're new to server management and/or dealing with hosting via the command line and the like then I probably wouldn't go for a company like DigitalOcean. For someone new to this sort of thing may prevent you from getting to your goals as you've got to learn quite a bit of stuff just to get things rolling; not to mention DigitalOcean are completely unmanaged. They are cheap but you are expected to perform everything server-side yourself.

Have you looked into shared hosting for the time-being or at least until you have some more hands-on experience? I learned everything I know purely from using shared and reseller hosting packages over the course of quite a few years. If so I recommend LiquidWeb. I would've offered you free hosting myself however I am downgrading from my VPS to something more affordable (trying to save for a house and prices are skyrocketing here in Sydney, Australia). Every penny counts.