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title: "Validatar Install Guide - Windows"
slug: "install-guide-windows"
description: "Detailed guide for installing Validatar Server on Widows. Quickly solve data quality and reliability."
updated: 2025-01-28T22:37:41Z
published: 2025-01-28T22:37:41Z
canonical: "docs.validatar.com/install-guide-windows"
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# Install Guide - Windows

Server Edition OnlyThis article is applicable only to Validatar Server.

## Installation: Step-by-Step

1. Complete the prerequisites listed in [Before You Begin](/2024-documentation/docs/before-you-begin).
2. To prepare for **Step 8** below, it is recommended to reach out to the data team or the primary team that will use Validatar and inquire about their intention to use Windows Authentication for any database connections.
3. If installing on a clean server dedicated only to Validatar, open IIS and stop the Default Website by expanding **Sites** in the Connection pane on the left-hand side and selecting **Default Web Site.** Then right-click the Default Site, click **Manage Website**, and select **Stop**.
4. Download the latest installer from [https://admin.cloud.validatar.com/releases](https://admin.cloud.validatar.com/releases).
5. Run the installer. If you do not have the operating system administrator role, you will need to **Run as Administrator**.
  1. The installer will check for completed prerequisites. Any missing prerequisites will be listed and must be completed in order to continue. Exit and reopen the installer to continue after completing the prerequisites.
6. Select the **Destination Folder** for the Validatar install.
7. Click **Next**.
8. Enter **IIS application pool** identity information - this will be the account Validatar runs under.
  1. If you intend to use Windows Authentication for any database connections in Validatar, choose the **Service Account** option.
  2. or Automatically create a local account
9. Click **Next**.
10. Enter IIS website information for the Validatar website. The port number is typically **80** unless you already have another website listening on that port.
  1. **Host** is optional and typically used if you have a DNS record set up for users to access Validatar.
11. Click **Next**.
12. Click **Install**.
13. Click **F****inish**.
14. In IIS, verify that the default site is stopped and the Validatar website is running.

## Validatar Metadata Repository Configuration

1. Open a browser window.
2. Enter **localhost** or the **DNS name** to access Validatar.
3. Validatar requires an empty database for the metadata repository. This will utilize the user credentials mentioned in the prerequisites.
4. Choose the appropriate **Database Engine**.
  1. SQL Server or PostgreSQL
5. Enter the connection string with the appropriate user credentials.
  1. Mask the password by using a placeholder of **[[PASSWORD]]** in the connection string box and using the **Password** box instead.
6. Test the Connection.
7. Click **Save & Continue**.

## Create the Initial Global Admin User

The final step of the install configuration is creating a global admin user. You will be able to add additional users later.

1. Enter the user's account details and create a username and password.
2. Select your time zone.
3. Click **Complete Setup**.
4. Log into Validatar using the recently created credentials.
5. Click **Sign In**.

## Assigning an SSL Certificate

We encourage obtaining an SSL certificate from a certificate authority.

1. Install the certificate on the web server to encrypt network traffic.
2. After Validatar is installed, use IIS to assign the certificate to the Validatar site

Read instructions on how to [Setup SSL on IIS](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/manage/configuring-security/how-to-set-up-ssl-on-iis) here. Scroll down to the **IIS Manager** section.

That's it! The Validatar Server installation is complete. Next, you'll want to apply the Validatar license key because functionality will be limited without it.

View the Getting Started checklist to learn what you need to do next as a new Validatar user!

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