docs/obsidian-help/Obsidian Publish/Set up Obsidian Publish.md

In this guide, you'll enable [[Introduction to Obsidian Publish|Obsidian Publish]] for your vault, create a site, and publish your notes to it.

Prerequisites

• An Obsidian account. If you don't have one, sign up now.
• An active Obsidian Publish subscription. If you don't have one, subscribe from your account page.

Step 1: Log in with your Obsidian account

1. Open Settings.
2. In the sidebar, select General.
3. Under Account → Your Account, select Log in.
4. In Email, enter your email.
5. In Password, enter your password.
6. Click Login.

Step 2: Enable Obsidian Publish

1. Open Settings.
2. In the sidebar, select Core plugins.
3. Enable Publish.

Step 3: Create a new site

1. In ribbon, to the left of the application window, select Publish changes ( ![[lucide-send.svg#icon]] ).
2. In Site ID, enter the path you want for your site. For example, a site with the ID my-amazing-site is available from publish.obsidian.md/my-amazing-site.
3. Select Create.

Step 4: Set a site name

1. In the Publish changes dialog, Select Change site options ( ![[lucide-cog.svg#icon]] ).
2. In Site name, under General, enter the name of your site.
3. Select Save site settings.

Step 5: Select notes to publish

1. In the Publish changes dialog, select NEW to see all the notes you haven't published yet.
2. Select the notes you want to publish.
3. Click Publish.

The notes you selected are now available on your site. For more information, refer to [[Publish and unpublish notes]].

You've configured a Obsidian Publish site and published your first notes. Head over to the site address you configured earlier in this guide, and start sharing it with your readers.