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# Add a local environment

You can only add a local environment when the Portainer Server container is being created. You cannot add a local environment after Portainer is deployed.

For more information about the installation process, visit the [Getting Started](/sts/start/intro.md) section (in particular, the [installation steps](/sts/start/install.md)).