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+# Installing owobot
+
+## Discord setup
+
+Before installing the bot, you need to do some set up in your Discord account. Start by opening the [Developer Portal](https://discord.com/developers/applications) and creating a new application. Once you've created it, click on your new application. Then, go to `Bot` in the sidebar and enable the Presence Intent, Server Members Intent, and Message Content intent.
+
+To get the token that you have to pass to `owobot`, click on the `Reset Token` button to generate a new token, and then copy it and store it somewhere safe (you won't be able to see it later).
+
+## Linux packages
+
+The [latest release](https://gitea.elara.ws/owobot/owobot/releases/latest) contains RPM, Deb, and Arch packages, and owobot is available [on the AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/owobot-bin/) as well. Choose whichever one of those you need and install it with your package manager.
+
+Once it's installed, there should be a default config file at `/etc/owobot.toml`. You can edit that to add your token, change the activity text, etc. and then run the bot by running `sudo systemctl enable --now owobot`. Systemd will now start running the bot and monitoring it to make sure it doesn't go down.
+
+That's it! Your bot should be up and running!
+
+## Docker
+
+This guide will use Docker, but `owobot` should work with any other OCI-compatible container engine, such as Podman. The container image is hosted on [Gitea](https://gitea.elara.ws/owobot/-/packages/container/owobot/latest).
+
+There's a [`docker-compose.yml`](docker-compose.yml) file provided in this repo as a starting point. Here's how you can use it:
+
+1. First, make sure `docker` and `docker-compose` are installed and working
+2. Create a new folder for owobot to use to store its data
+3. Put the example `docker-compose.yml` file into the new folder
+4. Edit the `docker-compose.yml` file to set the token and anything else you may want to change
+5. Make sure the directory can be accessed by the container's user (`sudo chown -R 65532:65532 folder`)
+6. Run `docker-compose up -d`
+7. That's it! Your bot should now be running.
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 ## Installation Options
 
+See the [installation guide](INSTALL.md) for in-depth instructions on installing and running owobot.
+
 ### Linux packages
 
 The [latest release](https://gitea.elara.ws/owobot/owobot/releases/latest) of owobot has packages for many distros and processors. They include a systemd service to make the bot easier to use. Just install the package, edit the bot's configuration to suit your needs, and run it using `sudo systemctl enable --now owobot`. Systemd will monitor it and make sure it's always running.
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 - `kick`: 10 / minute
 - `ban`: 7 / 5 minutes
 
-
 ## Contributing
 
 See the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) file for more information about contributing to owobot.
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+version: '3'
+services:
+  owobot:
+    image: gitea.elara.ws/owobot/owobot:latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    volumes:
+      - ./:/data
+    environment:
+      OWOBOT_TOKEN: 'Change Me'
+      OWOBOT_DB_PATH: /data/owobot.db
+      OWOBOT_ACTIVITY_TYPE: '-1'
+      OWOBOT_ACTIVITY_NAME: ''
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