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Set Up Your Server

Your Garrison instance is running. Now let's turn an empty server into a home for your guild. This walkthrough takes about ten minutes, and the channel layout is a single click thanks to built-in templates.

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The walkthrough

  1. Create the owner account

    Open your instance (e.g. https://chat.yourguild.gg) and Register. The first account you make is yours, you'll be the server owner, which bypasses every permission check.

  2. Create your server

    Click οΌ‹ Add a server and give it a name (and a logo, if you have one). You'll get a fresh server with a #general channel and an @everyone base role.

  3. Apply a channel template

    Open Server Settings β†’ Templates and pick a layout. Garrison instantly creates the categories and channels for you, a complete, organized server in one click. The two built-in templates are below. (Existing channels with the same name are skipped, so it's safe to apply onto your #general.)

  4. Set up roles & ranks

    In Server Settings β†’ Roles, click β€œAdd the rank ladder” to seed Leader β†’ Vice Leader β†’ Officer β†’ Veteran β†’ Member β†’ Recruit (hoisted & colored), then tweak to taste. Details on the Roles & Permissions page.

  5. Lock down announcements

    Make #announcements read-only: open the channel's permissions and deny Send Messages for @everyone, allowing it only for your officer ranks. See per-channel overrides.

  6. Invite your guild

    Generate an invite link (Server Settings β†’ Invite, or the invite button), set a use limit or expiry if you like, and share it. New members land straight in the server.

The built-in templates

These are exactly what Server Settings β†’ Templates applies. Both are starting points, rename, reorder, or delete anything afterward.

Basic Guild4 categories Β· 14 channels, a clean starter for a gaming guild
πŸ“£ Information
πŸ“£ announcements
# rules
# welcome
πŸ’¬ General
# general
# off-topic
# memes
# bot-commands
βš”οΈ Events
# events
# raids
# strategy
πŸ”Š Voice
πŸ”Š Lobby
πŸ”Š Squad 1
πŸ”Š Squad 2
πŸ”Š AFK
Enterprise / Large Community5 categories Β· 23 channels, structure for a big org or multi-team community
πŸ“£ Information
πŸ“£ announcements
# guidelines
# status
πŸ’¬ Community
# general
# introductions
# off-topic
# help-desk
# bots
πŸ›‘οΈ Leadership
# officers
# operations
# recruitment
# diplomacy
βš”οΈ Operations
# events
# raids
# logs
# after-action
πŸ”Š Voice
πŸ”Š Lobby
πŸ”Š Meeting Room
πŸ”Š Ops 1
πŸ”Š Ops 2
πŸ”Š Ops 3
πŸ”Š Command priority
πŸ”Š AFK

πŸ“£ = announcement channel Β· priority = priority-speaker voice

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Templates are additive and safe to re-apply: Garrison reuses a category of the same name and skips any channel you already have, so you can layer the Enterprise template on top of Basic later as your community grows.

First-ten-minutes checklist

  • βœ… Owner account created
  • βœ… Server named & branded
  • βœ… Channel template applied (Server Settings β†’ Templates)
  • βœ… Rank ladder added (Server Settings β†’ Roles)
  • βœ… #announcements set read-only for @everyone
  • βœ… Invite link shared with your guild

That's a fully-structured, permissioned server ready for your community. From here, schedule your first event from the Guild Toolkit and rally everyone into voice.