# Setting up maubot (optional)
The playbook can install and configure [maubot ](https://github.com/maubot/maubot ) for you.
After setting up maubot, you can use the web management interface to make it do things.
The default location of the management interface is `matrix.<your-domain>/_matrix/maubot/`
See the project's [documentation ](https://docs.mau.fi/maubot/usage/basic.html ) to learn what it
does and why it might be useful to you.
## Adjusting the playbook configuration
Add the following configuration to your `inventory/host_vars/matrix.DOMAIN/vars.yml` file:
```yaml
matrix_bot_maubot_enabled: true
matrix_bot_maubot_admins:
- yourusername: securepassword
```
You can add multiple admins. The admin accounts are not connected to any matrix ID and are only used to access the
maubot administration interface.
## Installing
After configuring the playbook, run the [installation ](installing.md ) command again:
```
ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --tags=setup-all,start
```
## Usage
You can visit `matrix.<your-domain>/_matrix/maubot/` to manage your available plugins, clients and instances.
You should start in the following order
1. **Create one or more clients:** A client is a matrix account which the bot will use to message.
2. **Upload some Plugins:** Plugins can be obtained from [here ](https://github.com/maubot/maubot#plugins ) or any other source.
3. **Create an instance:** An instance is the actual bot. You have to specify a client which the bot instance will use
and the plugin (how the bot will behave)
To add a client you first need to create an account and obtain a valid access token.
## Registering the bot user
You **need to register the bot user manually** before setting up the bot. You can use the playbook to [register a new user ](registering-users.md ):
```
ansible-playbook -i inventory/hosts setup.yml --extra-vars='username=bot.maubot password=PASSWORD_FOR_THE_BOT admin=yes' --tags=register-user
```
Choose a strong password for the bot. You can generate a good password with a command like this: `pwgen -s 64 1` .
## Obtaining an admin access token
This can be done via `mbc login` then `mbc auth` (see the [maubot documentation ](https://docs.mau.fi/maubot/usage/cli/auth.html )). To run these commands you'll need to open the bot docker container with `docker exec -it matrix-bot-maubot sh`
Alternatively, use Element or curl to [obtain an access token ](obtaining-access-tokens.md ). However these two methods won't allow the bot to work in encrypted rooms.
