# Multiple Servers per Installation

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/multiple-servers-per-installation/11034>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [January 5, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/multiple-servers-per-installation/11034 "2021-01-05T15:25:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Seigler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/seigler/32/4428_2.png) [@Seigler](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/Seigler)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/multiple-servers-per-installation/11034/1 "2021-01-05T15:25:16Z")

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Hello,

I was looking into testing Mattermost for personal use (and admittedly I like to play around with various software in my home lab) and I was wondering if someone could give me some advice. I just recently went through the Self-Managed Administrator’s Guide for Installing Mattermost on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS ( [Installing Mattermost on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS — Mattermost 5.30 documentation ([Redirect](https://docs.mattermost.com/install/install-ubuntu-2004.html)) and after getting everything setup I was curious if it’s possible to run multiple server instances from this single installation. It would seem that I could do so by simply using a different internal port, perhaps with some json tweaks.

I’m mostly just hosting this for my family (~6-7 people) for one and I’m I’d like a second for friends (~10-15 max) so I’m not expecting a ton of traffic, thus I don’t see the point in spinning up an entirely new VM just for this. I also suppose I could use Docker, but quite honestly I’ve never been that comfortable with Dockers (admittedly I need experience with them but I would rather I get that experience from other projects). Thus any help on how, if possible, I could run multiple off of a single VM without using containers would be awesome since I couldn’t find any information about it in the documentation (mostly only information about clustering, etc).

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![XxLilBoPeepsxX](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/xxlilbopeepsxx/32/4993_2.png) [@XxLilBoPeepsxX](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/XxLilBoPeepsxX)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/multiple-servers-per-installation/11034/2 "2021-01-06T03:14:05Z")

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Hello! I would like to refer you to [Multiple instances on one server](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/multiple-instances-on-one-server/7968/5), I think that upon reading this, you may find this useful. If your looking for a bit of additional guidance, let me know and I’d be glad to walk you through the commands and steps to run multiple instances a bit further in-depth!