msgid "<sup>[Prerequisites](prerequisites.md) > [Configuring your DNS settings](configuring-dns.md) > [Getting the playbook](getting-the-playbook.md) > [Configuring the playbook](configuring-playbook.md) > Installing</sup>"
msgid "If you don't have either `just` tool or `make` program, you can run the `ansible-galaxy` tool directly: `rm -rf roles/galaxy; ansible-galaxy install -r requirements.yml -p roles/galaxy/ --force`"
msgid "The general command syntax for installation (and also maintenance) is: `ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=COMMA_SEPARATED_TAGS_GO_HERE`. It is recommended to get yourself familiar with the [playbook tags](playbook-tags.md) before proceeding."
msgid "If you **do** use SSH keys for authentication, **and** use a non-root user to *become* root (sudo), you may need to add `-K` (`--ask-become-pass`) to all Ansible commands."
msgid "There 2 ways to start the installation process - depending on whether you're [Installing a brand new server (without importing data)](#installing-a-brand-new-server-without-importing-data) or [Installing a server into which you'll import old data](#installing-a-server-into-which-youll-import-old-data)."
msgid "**Note**: if you are migrating from an old server to a new one, take a look at [this guide](maintenance-migrating.md) instead. This is an easier and more straightforward way than installing a server and importing old data into it."
msgid "**Note**: if the command does not work as expected, make sure that you have properly installed and configured software required to run the playbook, as described on [Prerequisites](prerequisites.md)."
msgid "If you will be importing data into your newly created Matrix server, install it, but **do not** start its services just yet. Starting its services or messing with its database now will affect your data import later on."
msgid "⚠️ **Warning**: do not run the just \"recipe\" `just install-all` instead, because it automatically starts services at the end of execution. See: [Difference between playbook tags and shortcuts](just.md#difference-between-playbook-tags-and-shortcuts)"
msgid "After creating the user account, you can log in to it with [Element Web](configuring-playbook-client-element-web.md) that this playbook has installed for you at this URL: `https://element.example.com/`."
msgid "Feel free to create as many accounts (for friends, family, etc.) as you want. Still, perhaps you should grant full administrative access to your account only (with `admin=yes`), and others should be created with `admin=no`."
msgid "Now you've configured Matrix services and your user account, you need to **finalize the installation process** by [setting up Matrix delegation (redirection)](howto-server-delegation.md), so that your Matrix server (`matrix.example.com`) can present itself as the base domain (`example.com`) in the Matrix network."
msgid "If you can afford to point the base domain at the Matrix server, follow the instructions below which guide you into [serving the base domain](configuring-playbook-base-domain-serving.md) from the integrated web server. It will enable you to use a Matrix user ID like `@alice:example.com` while hosting services on a subdomain like `matrix.example.com`."
msgid "Alternatively, if you're using the base domain for other purposes and cannot point it to the Matrix server (and thus cannot \"serve the base domain\" from it), you most likely need to [manually install well-known files on the base domain's server](configuring-well-known.md#manually-installing-well-known-files-on-the-base-domains-server), but feel free to familiarize yourself with all [server delegation (redirection) options](howto-server-delegation.md)."
msgid "To have the base domain served from the integrated web server, add the following configuration to your `inventory/host_vars/matrix.example.com/vars.yml` file:"
msgid "via the *Explore rooms* feature in Element Web or some other clients, or by discovering them using this [matrix-static list](https://view.matrix.org). **Note**: joining large rooms may overload small servers."
msgid "or come say Hi in our support room - [#matrix-docker-ansible-deploy:devture.com](https://matrix.to/#/#matrix-docker-ansible-deploy:devture.com). You might learn something or get to help someone else new to Matrix hosting."
msgid "While this playbook helps you to set up Matrix services and maintain them, it will **not** automatically run the maintenance task for you. You will need to update the playbook and re-run it **manually**."
msgid "Since it is unsafe to keep outdated services running on the server connected to the internet, please consider to update the playbook and re-run it periodically, in order to keep the services up-to-date."
msgid "For more information about upgrading or maintaining services with the playbook, take at look at this page: [Upgrading the Matrix services](maintenance-upgrading-services.md)"
msgid "Feel free to **re-run the setup command any time** you think something is wrong with the server configuration. Ansible will take your configuration and update your server to match."
msgid "After you get familiar with reconfiguring and re-running the playbook to maintain the server, upgrade its services, etc., you probably would like to make use of `just` shortcut commands for faster input."
msgid "For example, `just install-all` is useful for maintaining your setup quickly ([2x-5x faster](../CHANGELOG.md#2x-5x-performance-improvements-in-playbook-runtime) than `just setup-all`) when its components remain unchanged. If you adjust your `vars.yml` to remove other components, you'd need to run `just setup-all`, or these components will still remain installed."
