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 **User Guide**
 
+* :doc:`quickstart`
 * :doc:`getting-started`
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+# Quickstart - Installation
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+**Before installing JupyterHub**, you need:
+
+- [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/) 3.3 or greater
+
+  An understanding of using [`pip`](https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/) for
+  installing Python packages is recommended.
+
+- [nodejs/npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)
+
+  [Install nodejs/npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/getting-started/installing-node),
+  which is available from your package manager. For example, install on Linux
+  (Debian/Ubuntu) using:
+
+      sudo apt-get install npm nodejs-legacy
+
+  (The `nodejs-legacy` package installs the `node` executable and is currently
+  required for npm to work on Debian/Ubuntu.)
+
+- TLS certificate and key for HTTPS communication
+
+- Domain name
+
+**Before running the single-user notebook servers** (which may be on the same
+system as the Hub or not):
+
+- [Jupyter Notebook](https://jupyter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/install.html)
+  version 4 or greater
+
+## Installation
+
+JupyterHub can be installed with `pip`, and the proxy with `npm`:
+
+```bash
+npm install -g configurable-http-proxy
+pip3 install jupyterhub
+```
+
+If you plan to run notebook servers locally, you will need to install the
+Jupyter notebook:
+
+    pip3 install --upgrade notebook
+
+## Start the Hub server
+
+To start the Hub server, run the command:
+
+    jupyterhub
+
+Visit `https://localhost:8000` in your browser, and sign in with your unix
+credentials.
+
+To allow multiple users to sign into the server, you will need to
+run the `jupyterhub` command as a *privileged user*, such as root.
+The [wiki](https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/wiki/Using-sudo-to-run-JupyterHub-without-root-privileges)
+describes how to run the server as a *less privileged user*, which requires
+additional configuration of the system.
+
+----
+
+## Basic Configuration
+
+The [getting started document](docs/source/getting-started.md) contains
+detailed information abouts configuring a JupyterHub deployment.
+
+The JupyterHub **tutorial** provides a video and documentation that explains
+and illustrates the fundamental steps for installation and configuration.
+[Repo](https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub-tutorial)
+| [Tutorial documentation](http://jupyterhub-tutorial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
+
+#### Generate a default configuration file
+
+Generate a default config file:
+
+    jupyterhub --generate-config
+
+#### Customize the configuration, authentication, and process spawning
+
+Spawn the server on ``10.0.1.2:443`` with **https**:
+
+    jupyterhub --ip 10.0.1.2 --port 443 --ssl-key my_ssl.key --ssl-cert my_ssl.cert
+
+The authentication and process spawning mechanisms can be replaced,
+which should allow plugging into a variety of authentication or process
+control environments. Some examples, meant as illustration and testing of this
+concept, are:
+
+- Using GitHub OAuth instead of PAM with [OAuthenticator](https://github.com/jupyterhub/oauthenticator)
+- Spawning single-user servers with Docker, using the [DockerSpawner](https://github.com/jupyterhub/dockerspawner)
+
+----
+
+## Alternate Installation using Docker
+
+A ready to go [docker image for JupyterHub](https://hub.docker.com/r/jupyterhub/jupyterhub/)
+gives a straightforward deployment of JupyterHub.
+
+*Note: This `jupyterhub/jupyterhub` docker image is only an image for running
+the Hub service itself. It does not provide the other Jupyter components, such
+as Notebook installation, which are needed by the single-user servers.
+To run the single-user servers, which may be on the same system as the Hub or
+not, Jupyter Notebook version 4 or greater must be installed.*
+
+#### Starting JupyterHub with docker
+
+The JupyterHub docker image can be started with the following command:
+
+    docker run -d --name jupyterhub jupyterhub/jupyterhub jupyterhub
+
+This command will create a container named `jupyterhub` that you can
+**stop and resume** with `docker stop/start`.
+
+The Hub service will be listening on all interfaces at port 8000, which makes
+this a good choice for **testing JupyterHub on your desktop or laptop**.
+
+If you want to run docker on a computer that has a public IP then you should
+(as in MUST) **secure it with ssl** by adding ssl options to your docker
+configuration or using a ssl enabled proxy.
+
+[Mounting volumes](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/containers/dockervolumes/)
+will allow you to **store data outside the docker image (host system) so it will be persistent**,
+even when you start a new image.
+
+The command `docker exec -it jupyterhub bash` will spawn a root shell in your
+docker container. You can **use the root shell to create system users in the container**.
+These accounts will be used for authentication in JupyterHub's default
+configuration.
+