# Hivemq installation directory

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**Created:** [May 24, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-installation-directory/58 "2019-05-24T10:06:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![triples13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@triples13](https://community.hivemq.com/u/triples13)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 10:06am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-installation-directory/58/1 "2019-05-24T10:06:51Z")

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hi i am using docker container to run hivemq, when i run hivemq using docker it shows home directory as /opt/hivemq but when i check there is no hivemq folder in /opt/ , and there is no hidden folder too, also i checked the document for installation [https://www.hivemq.com/docs/4.1/hivemq/install-hivemq.html](https://www.hivemq.com/docs/4.1/hivemq/install-hivemq.html) it’s mentioned about default user being hivemq but there is no default user hivemq being created

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**Author:** ![hivemq-support](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.hivemq.com/hivemq-support/32/357_2.png) [@hivemq-support](https://community.hivemq.com/u/hivemq-support)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-installation-directory/58/2 "2019-05-24T11:31:01Z")

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HI @triples13,

You have to follow the steps in the installation chapter you quoted.  
For example step 7 is:

Create HiveMQ user

Kind regards,  
Florian

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**Author:** ![triples13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@triples13](https://community.hivemq.com/u/triples13)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-installation-directory/58/3 "2019-05-27T09:24:03Z")

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hi @hivemq-support after a lot of effort on configuring i found that the docker images were there in /var/lib/docker/overlay2/{imagename}/opt/hivemq- 3.4.3 but there was only config folder ,i want to configure hivemq so that i can use tls with certificates and with extension which i used in hivemq windows but i am unable to figure out how can i configure these in hivemq docker?

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**Author:** ![triples13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@triples13](https://community.hivemq.com/u/triples13)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 5:21am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-installation-directory/58/4 "2019-05-28T05:21:10Z")

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got it after following the link [https://www.hivemq.com/docs/4.1/hivemq/docker.html](https://www.hivemq.com/docs/4.1/hivemq/docker.html)  
was able to resolve and build custom image

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**Author:** ![sauroter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.hivemq.com/sauroter/32/18_2.png) [@sauroter](https://community.hivemq.com/u/sauroter)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 6:51am UTC](https://community.hivemq.com/t/hivemq-installation-directory/58/5 "2019-05-28T06:51:22Z")

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Hi @triples13,  
congrats on resolving your issues.

Feel free to come back any time you like, if you encounter an other snag.

Greetings  
Georg