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title: "How to serve MapTiler data from MapTiler Server | Guides | Self hosting | Self hosted maps"
description: "Workflow to serve a MapTiler data extract via MapTiler Server."
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# How to serve MapTiler data from MapTiler Server

This page describes how to serve a MapTiler data extract with a MapTiler Server. It covers the complete workflow from selecting an area of interest, downloading the data, and publishing it via MapTiler Server. 

There is a starter package of sample data available at the [MapTiler Website](https://data.maptiler.com/server/). If you’d like to have everything set up in the same way as me, follow the [installation video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PurCZiY9nM&list=PLGHe6Moaz52P2os8v5ngStRr1gRNPnGup&index=2) to set up your instance first.  Let’s begin!

1.  Go to **MapTiler** **Data**
2.  Select the **Download** **tab** and look for the area that you’re interested in (e.g., Nigeria).
3.  Choose **OpenStreetMap Vector tiles**.
4.  **Double-check** that you have selected the **right** **area** by clicking on **Preview.**
5.  **Download** the data **extract**.
6.  You can download **OpenStreetMap Vector** from 2020 for free.
7.  If you need **up-to-date data**, select **commercial** use **options**. For testing, select free data.
8.  After downloading, just **drag and drop it** into map **in MapTiler Server** or into the **root** **folder**.
9.  **Click Rescan.** And **change** **the** **ID** of the demo OpenMapTiles data to **avoid** **naming** **conflicts**.
10.  **Click Rescan** again**.**
11.  **Open Data source.** There is **more** **detail** on higher Zoom levels **for** **Nigeria** than for the rest of the world.
12.  **Change the ID of tileset** **to** **MapTiler** **OpenMapTiles** to make this the main production data source in MapTiler Server, which will use it in the map Style. All maps in production will show details for Nigeria but not for the rest of the world.

## Useful links

[Install MapTiler Server on macOS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE4VL-UxXXw&list=PLGHe6Moaz52P2os8v5ngStRr1gRNPnGup&index=3&t=1s)  
[Install MapTiler Server on Linux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzQBjhBstzQ&list=PLGHe6Moaz52P2os8v5ngStRr1gRNPnGup&index=2)  
[Install MapTiler Server on Windows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PurCZiY9nM&list=PLGHe6Moaz52P2os8v5ngStRr1gRNPnGup&index=3)