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Add installation storage notes
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🎉 Congratulations! You should be up and running. Open a browser to http://localhost:8000
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🎉 **Congratulations!** You should be up and running. Open a browser to http://localhost:8000
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To stop WebODM press CTRL+C or run:
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:::note[Disk Storage]
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By default data is stored in docker named volumes. See [Where Are My Files Stored?](/faq/#where-are-my-files-stored)
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To change that, see below.
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If you are planning to process large amounts of data or you're running out of disk space, configure `--media-dir` and/or `--node-dir`:
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./webodm.sh restart --media-dir /storage/media --node-dir /storage/node
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| Argument | Description |
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| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| `--media-dir` | Where all files related to a project and task are permanently stored. Try not change this folder after the first startup, unless as part of a [migration](#backup-and-restore). |
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| `--node-dir` | Path where temporary files will be stored during processing when using the default node (safe the change) |
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## Installation on other machines
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Then from the web interface simply manually remove the "node-odx-1" node.
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### Enable SSL
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WebODM has the ability to automatically request and install a SSL certificate via [Let’s Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/), or you can manually specify your own key/certificate pair.

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