# Discourse charm

> This is the documentation for the Discourse charm, a Juju charm that deploys and manages Discourse on Kubernetes.


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## Pages in this subsection

- [Reference](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/discourse-k8s-charm/latest/reference/index.html.md): Technical reference documentation for the Discourse charm, including actions, configurations, and architecture.
- [Actions](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/discourse-k8s-charm/latest/reference/actions/index.html.md): See Actions.
- [Configurations](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/discourse-k8s-charm/latest/reference/configurations/index.html.md): See Configurations.
- [Plugins](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/discourse-k8s-charm/latest/reference/plugins/index.html.md): By default, the following Discourse plugins are installed with the latest version from source.
- [Integrations](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/discourse-k8s-charm/latest/reference/integrations/index.html.md): *Interface*: `pgsql`
- [External access required by the Charm](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/discourse-k8s-charm/latest/reference/external-access/index.html.md): Depending on the configuration of the charm, the following external accesses are needed:
- [Charm architecture](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/discourse-k8s-charm/latest/reference/charm-architecture/index.html.md): At its core, Discourse is a Ruby on Rails application that integrates with PostgreSQL and Redis.
- [Versioning](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/discourse-k8s-charm/latest/reference/versioning/index.html.md): The Discourse charm has transitioned from semantic versioning to calendar-based versioning to align ...

## Optional

- [Top-level llms.txt](https://canonical.com/juju/docs/discourse-k8s-charm/latest/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.