# Installing as a Rune

verdande ships with a Rune manifest for
[Yggdrasil Panel](https://github.com/kristianwind/yggdrasil).

## Installing

1. **Runes → Carve a rune (upload)** and pick
   [`rune/verdande.yaml`](https://github.com/kristianwind/verdande/blob/main/rune/verdande.yaml)
   from the repository.
2. Create a server from it.
3. Fill in the settings below.
4. Start it, open the URL, create the first account.

## Settings

| Setting | What to put |
|---|---|
| **Public address** | The address you reach it on. `{{PUBLIC_URL}}` is the default and usually right. |
| **SMTP host** | Your mail server. Leave blank and invite links are shown in the app instead of emailed. |
| **SMTP port** | 587 for STARTTLS, 465 for implicit TLS. |
| **SMTP username / password** | As your mail server expects. |
| **Sender address** | What invites and reminders come from. |
| **Use STARTTLS** | On, unless you are on port 465. |
| **How long a login lasts** | `720h` — thirty days. |

!!! note "Why the public address cannot be guessed"
    The host port is not chosen until the server is created, so verdande has no way
    to work out its own address. The panel does, and passes it in as
    `{{PUBLIC_URL}}`.

## Reaching it from outside

Give the server a **Subdomain** under its settings and enable
**Cloudflare Tunnel (subdomains)** under **Settings → Network**. No port forwarding
and no public IP.

## Backups

The Rune's backup includes the whole `/data` directory, which is what you want —
see [the warning about copying the database alone](self-hosting.md#what-lives-in-data).

## Watchers

The manifest ships log watchers for database errors, repeated failed logins and
HTTP 5xx. They appear under **Settings → Kvasir Watchers** as ordinary per-server
rules you can edit or turn off.