From ed2b56b6189bda589a2f4025c09be0c17fbf067b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: etec-masterofsynapse
 <59238423+etec-masterofsynapse@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2023 17:00:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Store uptime-kuma files in /opt instead of the current
 user home folder

---
 🔧-How-to-Install.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/🔧-How-to-Install.md b/🔧-How-to-Install.md
index e6dbf0d..a2a9ed4 100644
--- a/🔧-How-to-Install.md
+++ b/🔧-How-to-Install.md
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ Required Tools:
 # Update your npm to the latest version
 npm install npm -g
 
+# Create app directory in /opt for home-independent app storage
+cd /opt
+sudo mkdir uptime-kuma
+sudo chown -R {username}:{username} uptime-kuma # Replace {username} with the username you are currently running the commands with
+
+# Clone the repository
 git clone https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma.git
 cd uptime-kuma
 npm run setup

From 20d5ad93d15491deabbeab08b8f34c565b557bf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: etec-masterofsynapse
 <59238423+etec-masterofsynapse@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 16:42:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Move /opt instructions to Useful Commands

---
 🔧-How-to-Install.md | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/🔧-How-to-Install.md b/🔧-How-to-Install.md
index 7fccabb..5928c9a 100644
--- a/🔧-How-to-Install.md
+++ b/🔧-How-to-Install.md
@@ -70,12 +70,8 @@ Required Tools:
 # Update your npm to the latest version
 npm install npm -g
 
-# Create app directory in /opt for home-independent app storage
-cd /opt
-sudo mkdir uptime-kuma
-sudo chown -R {username}:{username} uptime-kuma # Replace {username} with the username you are currently running the commands with
-
 # Clone the repository
+# If you don't want to install Uptime Kuma into your homefolder but instead into a more permanent location, follow the "Create app directory in /opt" steps under **Useful Commands** and then continue here.
 git clone https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma.git
 cd uptime-kuma
 npm run setup
@@ -106,6 +102,11 @@ pm2 restart uptime-kuma
 
 # Run at startup
 pm2 startup
+
+# Create app directory in /opt for home-independent app storage
+cd /opt
+sudo mkdir uptime-kuma
+sudo chown -R {username}:{username} uptime-kuma # Replace {username} with the username you are currently running the commands with
 ```
 
 ### 🪟 Windows Portable