# Initial configuration directly from \`app.yml\` (discourse-docker / INSTALL-cloud.md) **URL:** \ **Category:** Self-hosting\ **Created:** [January 14, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/initial-configuration-directly-from-app-yml-discourse-docker-install-cloud-md/106488 "2019-01-14T12:45:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![consideRatio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/consideratio/32/126623_2.png) [@consideRatio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/consideRatio)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/initial-configuration-directly-from-app-yml-discourse-docker-install-cloud-md/106488/1 "2019-01-14T12:45:23Z")
Thank you for creating discourse and making it open source! It is great! **UPDATE** : Wiser by finding the name `site-settings`, I found this related question: [Docker deployment with custom site\_settings.yml](https://meta.discourse.org/t/docker-deployment-with-custom-site-settings-yml/31914) I followed the [INSTALL-cloud.md guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) to install Discourse. Then I logged in and did various configurations as an administrator in `Settings`. Now I wonder if it is possible for me to do this directly from `app.yml` or similar? For example, is it possible to configure the following options directly from `app.yml` or something else I’m in control of during the deployment process rather than post-deployment? The settings seem to be referred to as [`site-settings`](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/config/site_settings.yml). ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/4/742cb9328c21cc947d4faf88addc9a97f5ccd79a.png) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/initial-configuration-directly-from-app-yml-discourse-docker-install-cloud-md/106488)._