# Setup on Server ## Initialization process. ### **Step 1.** To start the setup process, click **Add to Discord** or **Login with Discord**/**Login** (Desktop/Mobile app version) button. You will anyway be redirected to the **Discord** Login pop-up window.
### **Step 2.** If you used the **Login with Discord**/**Login** button, you will see your **Discord** avatar icon (and your **Discord** name on the desktop version). Click it to expand the main user menu and select **Dashboard** - you will be redirected to the **Dashboard** page with the list of the servers (guilds) you manage as a server owner or an admin.
### **Step 3.** On the **Dashboard**, click the **Setup on Server** button on the desired server card to launch the bot initialization process.
In the appeared **Discord** pop-up window, you will see that the server you want to install **Bocto** to is already chosen from the list. Just press **Continue**.
In case you've clicked **Add to Discord** button on **Step 1**, **Step 2****,** and **Step 3** will be skipped, and, after being logged in to **Discord**, you will then see the next page in the same **Discord** pop-up window, where you need to choose the server you want to install **Bocto** to manually. Select one and press **Continue**.
### **Step 4.** Grant all the permissions required and click **Authorize**. **Note:** Don't uncheck any boxes if you don't want to encounter problems with some of the bot's features in the future! A comprehensive list of plugins and permissions they use is provided at the end of this page in the [**Permissions usage**](#permissions-usage) section.
### **Step 5.** After that, the initialization process will start immediately, and you will see its progress in real-time. Usually it takes no longer than 10 seconds.
When the initialization process is finished, you will be automatically redirected to the **Settings** page. Here you will see the **#hub** and the **#alerts** channel that were automatically created and set up for you during the initialization. Also, after the initial setup, there will always be the main **red** (critical) alert, which says the **Bocto** position in the roles hierarchy on your server is not high enough to manage users.
In the **Bocto**** ****#hub** channel, you will see the info embedded message with a link to the **Dashboard**. Also, all news and updates about new plugins and features will be posted here.
In the **Bocto**** ****#alerts** channel, you will see the same critical alert warning you about insufficient **Bocto** position in the roles hierarchy. All other alerts about insufficient permissions, if any, will be posted here.
### **Step 6.** Move to the **Roles** managing section in **Discord** and lift the bot in the roles list closer to the top. The best but not obligatory position is in the top 3. The main demand is that **Bocto** should be higher than any role he is going to manage (for example, assigning roles via the **Verify Roles** or **Guard** plugin). When done, save changes.
In the **#alerts** channel, you will see that the issue is resolved. We are now good to go!
### **Step 7.** Go back to the **Settings** page in the **Dashboard**, refresh the page (**F5** on your keyboard), and you will see the **green** message. Now you can move to the plugins list by pressing the **All Plugins** button. **Note:** The **All Plugins** button will not be clickable until you have a **red** alert!
## UI alerts indication. If you enter the **Bocto**** Dashboard** and see an **amber** dot on a server card, it means there are issues with **Bocto** permissions on this server.
On the server management page, you will also see this alert on the **Global Settings** button as an **amber** label with a counter that reflects the number of notifications.
On the mobile version, to find the button (and the alert label), you need to expand the sidebar first by clicking on a hamburger icon, which will, by the way, be provided with the same **amber** alert dot.
Here's what a list of different alerts might look like if **Bocto** has multiple permission issues on your server.
## Permissions usage. Below is a comprehensive list of permissions that **Bocto** currently requests, with explanations of which plugins use each permission. * Manage Roles (Verify Roles, Guard) * Manage Channels * Ban Members * View Channels * Send Messages * Send Messages in Threads * Create Public Threads * Create Private Threads * Manage Messages * Manage Threads * Embed Links * Attach Files * Read Message History * Add Reactions * Pin Messages * Connect --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://guide.bocto.octopeeps.com/getting-started/setup-on-server.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.