# Can we host the FarmOS on our own server?

**URL:** <https://farmos.discourse.group/t/can-we-host-the-farmos-on-our-own-server/946>\
**Category:** Hosting farmOS\
**Created:** [October 5, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/can-we-host-the-farmos-on-our-own-server/946 "2021-10-05T10:54:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![psunjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@psunjay](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/psunjay)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/can-we-host-the-farmos-on-our-own-server/946/1 "2021-10-05T10:54:11Z")

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Hi this is me Sanjay from Nepal. Can we host FarmOS in our own server ? Our site is remote and availability of the internet is not possible.

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**Author:** ![mstenta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/farmos.discourse.group/mstenta/32/4_2.png) [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/can-we-host-the-farmos-on-our-own-server/946/2 "2021-10-05T13:26:27Z")

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Hi @psunjay - welcome to the farmOS community! 🙂

Yes - farmOS is open source and can be hosted on your own server. For more information, see [Getting started - farmOS.org](https://farmos.org/hosting/) (for farmOS 1.x, for farmOS 2.x see [Introduction - farmOS 2.x Docs](https://docs.farmos.org/hosting/)).

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**Author:** ![mstenta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/farmos.discourse.group/mstenta/32/4_2.png) [@mstenta](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/mstenta)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/can-we-host-the-farmos-on-our-own-server/946/3 "2021-10-05T13:27:46Z")

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farmOS 2.x will work better without an internet connection than farmOS 1.x. However, without internet connection, the maps will not work in either, because the map tiles come from Google/MapBox/OpenStreetMap servers. That said, a lot can be done in farmOS even without maps.

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**Author:** ![Symbioquine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/farmos.discourse.group/symbioquine/32/284_2.png) [@Symbioquine](https://farmos.discourse.group/u/Symbioquine)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://farmos.discourse.group/t/can-we-host-the-farmos-on-our-own-server/946/4 "2021-10-05T15:52:34Z")

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Sorry to be pedantic; the map should “work” with local data, but won’t be able to load basemap (background) tile images.

You could work around that in a few ways;

- By mapping sufficient geometry - like your field/property boundaries - with an internet connection, then mapping everything else relative to that.
- By implementing a module like [farm\_nrcs](https://git.drupalcode.org/project/farm_nrcs/-/tree/2.x/) but which bundles its own [XYZ tiles](https://openlayers.org/en/latest/examples/xyz.html) for your area.
- By self-hosting part of a standard tile-set like [Open Street Map](https://switch2osm.org/serving-tiles/) and implementing a module like [farm\_nrcs](https://git.drupalcode.org/project/farm_nrcs/-/tree/2.x/) which points to those tiles.