- [Create Discord Bot application](http://nadekobot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/JSON%20Explanations/#creating-discord-bot-application) and [Invite the bot to your server](http://nadekobot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/JSON%20Explanations/#inviting-your-bot-to-your-server).
- If you are coming from a previous version of nadeko (the old docker) make sure your credentials.json has been copied into this directory and is the only thing in this folder.
- If you are making a fresh install, create your credentials.json from the following guide and place it in the /nadeko folder [Nadeko JSON Guide](http://nadekobot.readthedocs.io/en/latest/JSON%20Explanations/).
- To copy the the file from your computer to a container:
The docker will start and the log file will start scrolling past. This may take a long time. The bot start can take up to 5 minutes on a small DigitalOcean droplet.
Once the log ends with "NadekoBot | Starting NadekoBot vX.X" the bot is ready and can be invited to your server. Ctrl+C at this point if you would like to stop viewing the logs.
This will check for updates to the docker every 5 minutes and update immediately. To check in different intervals, change `X`. X is the amount of time, in seconds. (e.g 21600 for 6 hours)
If you have any issues with the docker setup, please ask in #help channel on our [Discord server](https://discordapp.com/invite/nadekobot) but indicate you are using the docker.