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# Quick install

Use this guide to get a quick, hands-on look at what IG software can do. You will download, install, and use IG on your local computer. For more installation options, refer to [Install](../installation-guide/preface.html).

This guide assumes familiarity with the following topics:

* HTTP, including how clients and servers exchange messages, and the role that a reverse proxy (gateway) plays

* JSON, the format for IG configuration files

* Managing services on operating systems and application servers

* Configuring network connections on operating systems