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] 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