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 and set an administration account.
 
+== CAN I RUN YACY IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE OR A CONTAINER ==
+YaCy runs fine in virtual machines managed by software such as VirtualBox or VMware. 
+
+Container technology may be more flexible and lightweight and also works fine with YaCy.
+
+More details for YaCy with Docker [[docker/Readme.md|here]].
+
 
 == PORT 8090 IS BAD, PEOPLE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ACCESS THAT PORT ==
 You can forward port 80 to 8090 with iptables: