--- url: /statelake/getting-started/installation-guide/installing-statelake.md --- # Installing Statelake ## Introduction **Statelake** is Flow Software’s purpose-built application for business data integration – integration is also known as EDI, an acronym meaning Electronic Data Interchange, or ETL, meaning Extract, Transform, Load. **Statelake** can be used by organisations in any industry, and of any size. **Statelake** is particularly relevant to organisations with data management requirements across multiple applications or databases, organisations who have trading partners interested in exchanging data electronically, or where organisations may be seeking to minimise reliance of manual re-keying of data to improve accuracy and productivity. ![](/statelake/images/image-20230713-103819-a3e28780.png) ## Installation of Data Management Utility (server) **Statelake** supports the use of both **MySQL** and Microsoft SQL Server. Either of these must be installed and accessible for use by **Statelake**. Please ensure that you have the appropriate access rights and log-on credentials. ## Installation Of Statelake Please contact Customer Support to obtain the **Statelake installation** file. Run this installation executable file by double‑clicking on the file in Explorer. Respond to the question from User Account Control for permission to run the application and make changes to your device - clicking on **No** will return you to file explorer, while clicking **Yes** will proceed, and the **Setup – Statelake** window will appear momentarily. This first window contains the **End User License Agreement**, which you should read carefully. The **End User License Agreement** is contained in a fully scrollable window. There are two choices - clicking on the “I accept the agreement” radio button will activate the **Next** button and allow you to proceed. Clicking “I do not accept the agreement” will not activate the **Next** button radio button, and the only option will be to click **Cancel** and exit the setup. Having selected “I accept the agreement”, on the next screen you will then be prompted to provide the destination location for the **Statelake** files in the **Select Destination Location** window. The default directory of **C:\Program Files\Flow Software\Statelake** will appear in the folder name field, but this default folder can be changed as required by clicking on the **Browse** button and selecting the appropriate folder. *This example shows selection of the folder called OutputFolder on F: drive, in place of the default.* **Statelake** expects to create a new folder for the installation. If your chosen sub-directory already exists, then you will be asked to confirm your selection. Proceed as required. However, it is recommended that the default directory is accepted. Information will be displayed advising about the amount of free disk space that is required for the installation, to ensure that a folder is selected that has more than the required free space available. ::: info Be aware that the amount of free disk space required may vary - depending on the version being installed. ::: Clicking **Back** will return you to the previous screen. ::: warning You can click **Back** at any stage during the setup to return to a previous window. Just as clicking **Cancel** at any stage stops the setup. ::: Once you are satisfied that the correct folder has been selected, click **Next**. If the folder you have selected already exists, then a message will appear requesting confirmation to continue. To change the folder name, click **Back** to return one window and select a different folder. The next window **Select Components** displays the default components that have been ticked for installation - the display is a courtesy only as the default selection is not able to be changed. All components are installed by default: · **Manager** – setup the **Statelake** running environment information · **Designer** – setup the integrated configuration information · **Service** – run **Statelake** action with configuration information · **Monitor** - monitor the service running state · **runAction** – can be called to run **Statelake** actions Click **Next** to continue to the following window, **Select Additional Tasks**, where you will be prompted as to whether a desktop shortcut is to be created. A tick in the box will create the desktop shortcut. As this is recommended, the default is to have this box ticked - untick the box when no shortcut is required. Then click **Next** to continue. **Statelake** is now ready to be installed, and a summary detailing your selections is displayed in a scrollable inner window. If any changes are to be made, select **Back** now as many times as required and re-enter the corrected details, or click **Cancel** to halt the installation. Clicking **Cancel** to exit the setup procedure will generate a confirmation pop-up window. Selecting **No** will return you to the setup and continue with the installation, but selecting **Yes** will terminate the setup procedure. ::: warning To continue with the installation of **Statelake** as shown, click the **Install** button. ::: The installation process will now commence and once complete, the **Completing the Statelake Setup Wizard** window will appear. Either select an immediate computer re-start, or delayed re-start. Click **Finish** to exit the setup procedure - the computer will either re-start or not, depending on your selection. By the end of the setup, the **Statelake** shortcuts (if ticked) for **Designer** and **Manager** have been created and are now visible on the desktop, as shown below. Re-label them as you see fit. A series of sub-directories have been created, and files extracted and installed into the selected installation folder - such as the default path of C:\Program Files\\, along with the default C:\ProgramData\ for the **Statelake** data files. For a list of these folders (sub-directories), please refer to [Directories](/statelake/getting-started/installation-guide/directories). The **Statelake** software license has been installed in C:\ProgramData\FlowSoftware\Statelake\Config\\. **Statelake** will not run with an invalid or expired license, as illustrated below. If you receive this message while trying to access **Statelake**, please contact Customer Support.