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CHAPTER 1 INSTALLING FOR THE FIRST TIME
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Installing Umbraco Manually
Although using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer to install Umbraco is strongly advised, cases
may exist where a manual installation is desired. In such a case, you must manually complete the
steps to create the IIS website, create the database, and set required permissions. The following are
the steps to complete a manual installation of Umbraco: If you fi nd yourself stuck on one of these
steps, try installing Umbraco using the Quick Start steps fi rst and then return to this section later.
1. Create a new folder with a unique name for your Umbraco installation on your local hard drive.
2. From IIS Manager create a new site and set the home directory to be the new folder; leave the
remaining settings at the default.
3. Set permissions on the new folder to allow the new site’s application pool identity (usu-
ally this is the Network Service or Application Pool Identity account) to Modify, Read &
Execute, and Write.
4. From SQL Management Studio create a new database and assign a login to the dbo role for
the database. Make a note of the SQL instance name (such as ./SQLEXPRESS), the database
name, and the login name and password.
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