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title: Running abra on the server
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## Why?

If you're on an environment where it's hard to run Docker, or command-line programs in general, you might want to install `abra` on a server instead of your local computer.

To install `abra` on a different server than you'll be hosting your apps, just follow [getting started guide](/overview/) as normal.

If you want to install `abra` on the same server, there's one change.

Instead of providing your SSH connection details when you run `abra server add ...`, just use `default`:

```
abra server add default
```

!!! note "Technical details"

	This will tell `abra` to look at the Docker system running on the server, instead of a remote one.

Make sure to back up your `~/abra/` directory on the server, or put it in version control, as well as other files you'd like to.