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# Installation flow

This document describes the overall flow for installing the ALM Octane server on Windows.

In this topic:

## Prerequisites

Verify your system meets hardware and software requirements.

This includes setting up permissions, opening ports, database configuration, and more.

You need three separate server machines.

- ALM Octane server

- Database server

- Elasticsearch server

For details see Prerequisites, and Best practices in the ALM Octane Help Center.

Note: We recommend you review security considerations in ALM Octane 15.x Secure Deployment and Configuration Guidelines. This contains instructions on how to set up a secure configuration for ALM Octane.

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## Deployment

Deploy ALM Octane on a machine dedicated for the ALM Octane server on Windows.

ALM Octane is deployed using an installation program.

The default deployment path is C:\Program Files\octane.

The command to deploy is:`octane-onprem-<version>.exe`

For details see Deploy ALM Octane, and Best practices for deploying ALM Octane in the ALM Octane Help Center.

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## Configuration

This section describes the initial configuration.

To configure:

1. Edit the octane.conf file with your site's settings for initial configuration.

2. (Optional) Depending on your needs, configure optional configuration files:

   - elasticsearch-security.conf to configure secure Elasticsearch.

   - proxy.conf to use a proxy server.

   - ldap.conf to use LDAP authentication.

   - sso.conf to use SSO authentication.

   The path to these files is <Repository folder>\conf.

For details, see Configure site settings.

Note: The .conf files do not support use of backslashes (\) in paths. Instead, use a regular slash (/) or double-slash (//).

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## Start the server

Select Start > ALM Octane > Start ALM Octane Server.

For details, see Start the ALM Octane server.

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## Verify and log in

Verify that ALM Octane was properly installed.

Log into ALM Octane. For details, see Log in to ALM Octane.

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## Configure cluster (optional)

After starting the server on the first machine, configure and initialize each additional cluster node. For details, see Cluster installation flow.

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Next steps:

- Prerequisites
- Deploy ALM Octane
- Configure site settings

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