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# Getting started

This guide introduces IG, and provides a quick way to set up and run the product. For more installation and set up options, see the [Installation guide](../installation-guide/preface.html).

This guide assumes basic 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