# Installation Process Overview

This section provides a high-level overview of the Document Generation Services (DGS) installation process.

Note: It is assumed that the user has advanced knowledge of Windows operating systems and servers.

## Installation Process

1. Fulfill prerequisites
2. Configure and run powershell
3. Configure Transforms.xml and create/install Wolters Kluwer Financial Services and STS
4. Use Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Administration; configure STS; create account and users; assign roles
5. Running the CreateSecurityTokenCacheDb.sql script.
6. Create and install Document Generation Services components
7. Deploy content in the Management Service

Additionally, log files are available in C:\ProgramData after installing Document Generation Services that provide more information. See Using Log Files.

## Provided with this installation guide

The following folders and files are provided with the Document Generation Services Installation Guide:

- ExpereRepository: contains the folder structure for the content deployment process.
- STS-InstallTransformKit: contains the Transforms.xml file used when installing and configuring STS.
- CoreServices-InstallTransformKit: contains the Transforms.xml file used when installing Core Services.
- Admin-InstallTransformKit: contains the Transforms.xml file used for the STS and Admin servers.
- DGS-InstallTransformKit: contains the Transforms.xml file used for the Document Generation Services servers.
- CreateDGSCIDatabase.ps1: the powershell file contains default names for the servers used in the installation process.