doc/packaging_apps_multiinstance.md
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<a class="btn btn-lg btn-default" href="/packaging_apps">Application packaging</a>
### Multi-instance
Multi-instance is application capacity to be installed several times.
#### Scripts
When YunoHost installs the application, it passes `$YNH_APP_INSTANCE_NAME` var to the script, set to value `id__n` with the application `id` coming from the manifest and `n` being an integer incremented each time a new instance of the application is installed.
**E.g.** in the Roundcube script, database is called `roundcube`, the install directory `roundcube` and the [NGINX configuration](/packaging_apps_nginx_conf) `roundcube`. This way, the second instance of Roundcube will not conflict with the first one, and will be installed in the `roundcube__2` database, in the `roundcube__2`directory, and with the `roundcube__2` NGINX configuration.
Retrieve app identifier (including the multi-instance id):
```bash
app=$YNH_APP_INSTANCE_NAME
```
#### Manifest
Set `multi_instance` variable to `true` in the [manifest](/packaging_apps_manifest):
```json
"multi_instance": true,
```