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 ====Installation==== ====Installation====
  
-Although ​ARDI was designed the the capability to run on Windows where required, it is much easier to maintain when run in Linux.+ARDI is available ​in for two major platforms - Ubuntu ​Linux and Windows.
  
-As such, we suggest **Ubuntu 16.04 LTS** as our platform of choice. It's free, popular, extremely stable and supported by major VPS cloud hosting providers such as Amazon AWS and Digital Ocean.+Either way, we suggest running ARDI on a dedicated server or virtual machine. 
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 +===Windows Installation=== 
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 +You can download the ARDI server installer from http://​www.optrix.com.au/​ardi/​downloads/​windows 
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 +Once installation is complete, the setup process is identical to the one for Ubuntu - visit http://​localhost to visit the ARDI web site. Take a look at the installation video below and skip to the licensing section at 2:22 for instructions on how to activate ARDI. 
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 +[[Installation on Windows]] 
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 +===Linux Installation=== 
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 +For low-cost setup and easy maintenance, we suggest **Ubuntu 16.04 LTS** as our platform of choice. It's free, popular, extremely stable and supported by major VPS cloud hosting providers such as Amazon AWS and Digital Ocean.
  
 We provide installer scripts to make installation of ARDI on a new Linux system extremely straight-forward. In fact, it only takes two commands to get your basic ARDI server up and running. We provide installer scripts to make installation of ARDI on a new Linux system extremely straight-forward. In fact, it only takes two commands to get your basic ARDI server up and running.
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 Ubuntu is based on the Debian operating system, which is also used as the operating system for many small hardware devices, such as the **Raspberry PI**, **BeagleBone Black** and **PCDuino**,​ which are low-cost hardware options for ARDI. Ubuntu is based on the Debian operating system, which is also used as the operating system for many small hardware devices, such as the **Raspberry PI**, **BeagleBone Black** and **PCDuino**,​ which are low-cost hardware options for ARDI.
  
 [[Installation on Debian-Based Linux Distributions]] [[Installation on Debian-Based Linux Distributions]]