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# Installation Guide

## IMPORTANT NOTE

**OpenSSL 3.x is NOT SUPPORTED. Use the version the installation guide points to.**

**Ubuntu 22.0 and later ships with OpenSSL 3.x! If you want to use Ubuntu, use a lower version or compile a lower version of OpenSSL**

## Choosing a setup

There are several ways to install AzerothCore, you need to choose **ONE**.

### Full (supported, recommended)

These are the officially-supported and complete ways of installing AzerothCore, for any purposes.

- [Azerothcore Classic Setup (Windows, Linux, macOS)](#azerothcore-classic-setup) - the traditional way of installing AzerothCore. Battle-tested, recommended for all operating systems for any purposes. This process gives more awareness of how AzerothCore is structured. See below in this page.

- [Docker setup](install-with-docker.md) - a simplified installation process based on Docker.

- [AzerothCore Bash Dashboard setup](ac-dashboard-core-installation.md) - simplest way of installing AzerothCore, recommended for **Linux** and **Mac OS** systems for both local development and production. Currently not recommended for Windows.

### Minimal (supported, limited usage)

- [Docker pre-compiled setup](https://www.azerothcore.org/acore-docker/) - an extremely simple way of installing AzerothCore. Suitable only for bug triaging, bug reporting or domestic usage.

### Others (unsupported)

These guides are made by community members and might not be up-to-date:

- [Amazon Web Services](aws-tutorial.md)

- [Digital Ocean droplet](digital-ocean-video-tutorial.md)

- [ArchLinux](arch-linux.md)

- [FreeBSD](freebsd.md)

- [Visual Studio Code](vsc-requirements)

## Azerothcore Classic Setup

Every step of the guide is divided in three tabs regarding different operating systems (Linux, macOS and Windows).

The guide has been divided into 8 steps, to make it more readable:

1. [Requirements](requirements.md)

1. [Core Installation](core-installation.md)

1. [Server Setup](server-setup.md)

1. [Database Installation](database-installation.md)

1. [Networking](networking.md)

1. [Final Server Steps](final-server-steps.md)

1. [Keeping the Server Up-to-Date](keeping-the-server-up-to-date.md)

1. [Client Setup](client-setup.md)

Each step can be read independently or you can read them neatly, to gradually get into it and better understand it all.

*Tip: If this is your first time installing AzerothCore we recommend that you read every step carefully!*

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## Help

If you are still having problems, check:

* [FAQ](faq.md)

* [Common Errors](common-errors.md)

* [How to ask for help](how-to-ask-for-help.md)

* [Join our Discord Server](https://discord.gg/gkt4y2x), but it is not a 24/7 support channel. A staff member will answer you whenever they have time.