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# Running Alaveteli


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  Keeping your Alaveteli site up and running requires some ongoing effort.
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Alaveteli is not just software. To run a successful
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site, you need to make sure day-to-day tasks get done too. Most Alaveteli sites
are run by a team who allocate some time every day to user support and generally keeping
the project up to date.

* the [administrator's guide]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/running/admin_manual/) describes
  what you need to do and know to run your site

* we've prepared a checklist of
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  when setting up your production server

* see the [different states a request can be in]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/running/states/)