# Installing Elemental Live on qualified hardware
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This section is for IT administrators who perform the first-time installation of AWS Elemental Live software on a hardware unit that is considered *qualified hardware*. For information about hardware that AWS Elemental considers to be qualified hardware, contact your AWS Elemental Sales representative or contact AWS Elemental Support through the [AWS Elemental Support Center](https://console.aws.amazon.com/elemental-appliances-software/home?region=us-east-1#/supportcenter).

To install Elemental Live, you work on two systems:
+ A Windows, macOS, or Linux *workstation* that has access to the public internet.
+ The *hardware unit* (Elemental Live node) that you are setting up. This unit doesn't need access to the internet. In fact, we recognize that usually this unit won't have access.

**Prerequisite knowledge**

We assume that you know how to do the following:
+ Log in to the AWS Elemental hardware unit over Secure Shell (SSH) in order to run install commands via the command line interface.
+ Use Windows Share (on a Windows workstation), Samba (on a macOS workstation), or a utility such as SCP (on a Linux workstation) to move files.
+ Access recently downloaded files on your workstation.

**Note**  
In this procedure, we show how to install version 2.25.4 of the Elemental Live. Wherever an instruction shows 2.25.4, modify your commands to specify the version that you are installing. 

**Topics**
+ [Step A: Prepare hardware and download files](install-lv-ig-prep.md)
+ [Step B: Install (kickstart) the operating system software](install-lv-ig-install-ks.md)
+ [Step C: Install the Elemental Live software](install-lv-ig-install-sw.md)
+ [Step D: Set up licenses](install-lv-ig-licensing.md)
+ [Step E: Complete node configuration](install-lv-ig-complete.md)