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title: Before you install manually
description: Prerequisites for manually installing PingAuthorize, including a supported platform, a valid license key, and a Java installation.
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# Before you install manually

You must prepare your computing environment by installing certain system requirements before a manual PingAuthorize software installation.

The following components are required to install PingAuthorize:

* Supported Linux or Windows platform

* Valid license key

* Java

The following sections describe these prerequisites in more detail.