# Plausible Analytics > Plausible Community Edition: cookie-free web analytics on your own server. Plausible CE runs as three containers from the project's community-edition repository: Plausible itself, PostgreSQL for accounts and sites, and ClickHouse for the events. We clone the newest release to /opt/plausible, generate its secret keys in .env and publish Plausible on 127.0.0.1:8000. ## Details - Installs on: Ubuntu and Debian; AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Fedora - Smallest plan: Standard (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM) - Public ports: 80/tcp, 443/tcp - Project site: https://plausible.io/ ## After the server is ready 1. From your computer, run `ssh -L 8000:127.0.0.1:8000 root@`, open `http://localhost:8000` and register your account. 2. Point a domain such as stats.example.com at the server, allow ports 80 and 443 in the panel firewall, and run `vps9-https stats.example.com`. 3. Log in at https://stats.example.com, add your site and put the script it gives you on your pages. ## Questions ### How is Plausible CE different from Plausible's cloud? It's the self-managed, open-source release of the same dashboard. It comes without Plausible's support, is released less often, and some features stay in the cloud; the community-edition README lists them. Your data stays on your server. ### Does Plausible need a cookie banner? Plausible doesn't set cookies or store personal data, which is why many sites use it without a consent banner. Whether you need one depends on where you and your visitors are and what else your site does; we can't give legal advice. ### How much traffic can it handle? We haven't benchmarked it. ClickHouse is built for large event volumes, and memory is usually the first limit. Watch the server's graphs in the panel and move up a plan if ClickHouse runs short. ## Order it Pick Plausible Analytics in the order form, or use `"app": "plausible"` in the API or `vps9 servers create --app plausible`. See [all one-click apps](https://vpsnine.com/apps) and [plans](https://vpsnine.com/plans).