Set up your server - AEGIS SENTINEL LAB DOCS

1. Invite AEGIS

Use the official installation link and select your server. AEGIS currently uses guild installation. The bot needs the Discord permissions used by your enabled features:

Permission	Used for
View Channels, Send Messages, Embed Links	Verification panels and review/security messages
Read Message History	Finding an existing verification panel
Manage Roles	Verification/staff roles, quarantine and channel permission overwrites
View Audit Log	Moderation records and Anti-Nuke attribution
Kick Members, Ban Members, Moderate Members	Configured kick, ban and timeout operations
Send Messages in Threads	Thread responses and Lockdown thread-send overwrites

Place the bot role above roles it assigns and members it manages. Check channel overwrites in verification, log and protected channels. Server permissions do not automatically override a channel-specific denial.

2. Open the dashboard as the owner

Sign in at the dashboard with the Discord account that owns the server. Select that server. The actual owner has implicit AEGIS access. Other staff need explicitly assigned AEGIS permissions; a native Discord Administrator role alone is insufficient.

3. Configure verification

In server preferences, choose basic, manual or site verification.
In Server configuration, select the verification channel, member role and optional unverified badge role. Save access settings.
Add server rules and publish their version.
For manual mode, save the questions. For site mode, the service operator must configure the matching hCaptcha sitekey and secret.
Select Deploy verification panel. Saving the channel alone does not publish it.

Automatic verification roles must be ordinary assignable roles without staff or moderation privileges. See Verification.

4. Prepare operations

Set a security log channel and send a test log. Configure protections and staff permissions, then run /server check in a test channel. Validate with a separate ordinary test member: read rules, verify, submit a report and confirm the intended staff can review it. Use Troubleshooting if a panel, role or dashboard action fails.