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description: Head to arangodb
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Installation
============
Head to [arangodb.com/download](https://www.arangodb.com/download/){:target="_blank"},
select your operating system and download ArangoDB. You may also follow
the instructions on how to install with a package manager, if available.
If you installed a binary package under Linux, the server is
automatically started.
If you installed ArangoDB using homebrew under macOS, start the
server by running `/usr/local/sbin/arangod`.
If you installed ArangoDB under Windows as a service, the server is
automatically started. Otherwise, run the `arangod.exe` located in the
installation folder's `bin` directory. You may have to run it as administrator
to grant it write permissions to `C:\Program Files`.
For more in-depth information on how to install ArangoDB, as well as available
startup parameters, installation in a cluster and so on, see
[Installation](installation.html) and
[Deployment](deployment.html).
{% hint 'info' %}
ArangoDB offers two [**storage engines**](architecture-storage-engines.html):
MMFiles and RocksDB. Choose the one which suits your needs best in the
installation process or on first startup.
{% endhint %}
Securing the installation
-------------------------
The default installation contains one database *_system* and a user
named *root*.
Debian based packages and the Windows installer will ask for a
password during the installation process. Red-Hat based packages will
set a random password. For all other installation packages you need to
execute
```
shell> arango-secure-installation
```
This will ask for a root password and sets this password.
{% hint 'warning' %}
The password that is set for the root user during the installation of the ArangoDB
package has **no effect** in case of deployments done with the _ArangoDB Starter_.
See [Securing Starter Deployments](security-starter.html) instead.
{% endhint %}