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Expand Up @@ -185,6 +185,17 @@ The following instructions are essentially independent of the cloud provider and

3. Get a fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) for the server, for which the DNS can be controlled. Point it to the server. Make sure it works, using "`dig FQDN`" -- get back an `A` record pointing to your server's IP address.

### Create a data directory for your server

We recommend that the directory be named `/var/docker/dashboard.example.com`; but it can be anything. You'll need the name below. Here's a sample for creating it:

```bash
sudo mkdir /var/docker
sudo mkdir /var/docker/dashboard.example.com
```

Note, therefore, that the _code_ for your dashboard lives at `/opt/docker/dashboard.example.com`. The _data_ for your dashboard lives at `/var/docker/dashboard.example.com`.

### Create and edit the .env file

First, create a .env file. The following comand sequence can be cut and paste to generate an empty template:
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