# Installation Guide
# Prerequisites
Before you continue, make sure you have the following to hand:
- Your Enhance licence key. You can register for a licence key here.
- Your Enhance install command
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If you have purchased a licence, these will have been sent to you by email. You will also be able to find these in your my.enhance account.
# Hardware requirements
- A blank full virtual machine or a bare metal server
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server
- A minimum of 2GB RAM and 20GB storage
- x86_64/amd64 architecture
WARNING
ARM, containerised environments or any form of paravirtualized enviroment such as LXD or Virtuozzo are not supported.
# Installation steps
- Log in to your new server;
- as root via SSH or
- as a user with sudo privileges and type "sudo -i"
- Copy and paste your Enhance installation command into the terminal and replace 'cp.url.com' with your chosen control panel domain.
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Update the DNS for your chosen control panel domain to the IP of the server you are installing Enhance on before running the installation command.
- Hit Enter. This will trigger the installation process.
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It may take up to 30 minutes for the installation to complete. This depends on the speed of your server and your server's internet connection.
- Once the installation is complete, a one time link will be displayed in your terminal. Visit the link to complete the setup in your browser.
WARNING
You will need to accept a self signed certificate warning in your browser. Once the initial setup is complete, Enhance will request a Let's Encrypt certificate for your control panel domain which will replaced the self signed certificate.
- Follow the steps in your browser to create your organisation owner account.
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If you reinstall Enhance you will need to reissue your licence to be able to re-use it. You can do this through my.enhance.com.