# Custom installation

**URL:** <https://forum.pydio.com/t/custom-installation/3296>\
**Category:** Pydio Cells\
**Created:** [May 26, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/custom-installation/3296 "2020-05-26T09:45:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Betalord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Betalord](https://forum.pydio.com/u/Betalord)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/custom-installation/3296/1 "2020-05-26T09:45:04Z")

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Hi,  
in the guide over here: [Cells Installation | Pydio](https://pydio.com/en/docs/cells/v2/cells-installation) there are very little instructions on how to install pydio. The thing it, it says one needs to create a separate user so that it can run internal web server on linux box. I however don’t want that, I already have my own web server (apache2) running, I don’t want another one. Also I have no idea what the install script does. It would be nice to have some custom install guide and some explanation in installation steps.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 8:34am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/custom-installation/3296/2 "2020-06-04T08:34:13Z")

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Hello @Betalord,

If you want to keep your own webserver, one way of doing this would be to add a reverse proxy config on your main webserver (apache2) which will redirect to cells.

You can find more information on apache + cells in our knowledge base, [https://pydio.com/en/docs/kb/deployment/running-cells-behind-apache-reverse-proxy](https://pydio.com/en/docs/kb/deployment/running-cells-behind-apache-reverse-proxy)  
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**Author:** ![Betalord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Betalord](https://forum.pydio.com/u/Betalord)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/custom-installation/3296/3 "2020-06-04T18:45:27Z")

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Hm, OK. A bit complicated, and not well documented. I switched to NextCloud Files in meantime. Thanks for the reply though, might help someone else as well.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/uploads/pydio/original/2X/6/61f19fa52ec15fd4250db51aea351adba0e831fd.png) [@system](https://forum.pydio.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 10:30am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/custom-installation/3296/4 "2023-05-16T10:30:07Z")

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