# Custom installation setup **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 19, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298 "2020-05-19T11:38:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lamin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/lamin/32/20781_2.png) [@lamin](https://forum.manager.io/u/lamin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/1 "2020-05-19T11:38:05Z")
Hi all, please help me figure out how i can customize the program set up for the desktop version. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/2 "2020-05-19T12:06:35Z")
Read the [Guides](https://www.manager.io/guides). When you have a specific question, please ask. But do not post such a broad request with no information. You have told us nothing about your situation or what you want to accomplish. ---
**Author:** ![lamin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/lamin/32/20781_2.png) [@lamin](https://forum.manager.io/u/lamin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/3 "2020-05-19T12:23:39Z")
@Tut ok this is the situation, i am using manager desktop version and it works fine, am able to do all i want to do with it thanks to the Guides, however i want customize the **installation setup** so that it can have my name eg.lamin.msi. so that i can have it as a software that i can install on other desktops. ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/4 "2020-05-19T12:37:40Z")
There used to be a Guide about rebranding or white-labeling the desktop edition. But it was removed. There also used to be a partner program you could sign up for, but that is also gone. I assume these steps were driven by a changing business model of NGSoftware. Perhaps too many users were claiming the desktop edition as their own product. Currently, if you want to distribute a white-label version of Manager, you can do so by using the cloud edition, which carries no branding. You can also use a custom domain name for the cloud edition. See [https://www.manager.io/guides/17520](https://www.manager.io/guides/17520). ---
**Author:** ![Tor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@Tor](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tor)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/5 "2022-05-12T11:47:44Z")
> [@Tut](#): > > if you want to distribute a white-label version of Manager, you can do so by using the cloud edition, which carries no branding. You can also use a custom domain name for the cloud edition Does the same apply to documentation, that is can the PDF book be rebranded ? [https://github.com/Manager-io/Manager.pdf/releases/latest/download/Manager.pdf](https://github.com/Manager-io/Manager.pdf/releases/latest/download/Manager.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/6 "2022-05-12T12:33:06Z")
No, the PDF version of the Guides cannot be rebranded. The Guides also include many references to the program itself as _Manager_. The PDF version of the Guides is constructed daily from the online Guides. The cloud edition does not include the `Learn How to…` links on each page like the desktop edition. ---
**Author:** ![ShaneAU](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/shaneau/32/10122_2.png) [@ShaneAU](https://forum.manager.io/u/ShaneAU)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/7 "2022-05-13T00:49:10Z")
Yeah, the implicatation at the moment is that if you would like a white label version of Manager: - **Use the ~~cloud~~ server edition** (host it on a server of your own and give customers access that way) - **Write your own documentation** that is branded as you see fit, if you do not want to direct customers to Manager’s official guides or forum. ---
**Author:** ![Joe91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/joe91/32/35781_2.png) [@Joe91](https://forum.manager.io/u/Joe91)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/8 "2022-05-13T04:40:03Z")
You cannot host the Cloud edition on a server of your own It is hosted on an AWS server in your region ---
**Author:** ![Morne\_Kruger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/morne_kruger/32/28437_2.png) [@Morne\_Kruger](https://forum.manager.io/u/Morne_Kruger)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/9 "2022-05-13T06:00:48Z")
Shane is referring to the self-hosted Server edition. ---
**Author:** ![ShaneAU](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/shaneau/32/10122_2.png) [@ShaneAU](https://forum.manager.io/u/ShaneAU)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/11 "2022-05-13T13:19:37Z")
My mistake, meant to write “server” but wrote “cloud” instead. ---
**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/custom-installation-setup/28298/12 "2023-01-18T14:55:31Z")