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 After completing this tutorial you'll have your own HedgeDoc instance running.
 We will use [Docker][docker-docs] to accomplish this.
 
+!!! warning "HedgeDoc 2 is currently in alpha"
+    Alpha releases come with no guarantees regarding upgradeability.
+    It is very likely that you will need to wipe the database between alpha releases.  
+    Please set up a separate instance to test HedgeDoc 2, there is currently no migration path
+    from HedgeDoc 1.
+
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 1. Open the terminal of the machine you want to install HedgeDoc on.