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layout: "install"
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page_title: "Install Vault"
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sidebar_current: "docs-install-install"
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description: |-
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Learn how to install Vault.
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# Install Vault
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Installing Vault is simple. There are two approaches to installing Vault:
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downloading a precompiled binary for your system, or installing from source.
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Downloading a precompiled binary is easiest, and we provide downloads over
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TLS along with SHA256 sums to verify the binary is what we say it is. We
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also distribute a PGP signature with the SHA256 sums that can be verified.
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However, we use a 3rd party storage host, and some people feel that
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due to the importance of security with Vault, they'd rather compile it
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from source.
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For this reason, we also document on this page how to compile Vault
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from source, from the same versions of all dependent libraries that
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we used for the official builds.
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## Precompiled Binaries
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To install the precompiled binary,
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[download](/downloads.html) the appropriate package for your system.
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Vault is currently packaged as a zip file. We don't have any near term
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plans to provide system packages.
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Once the zip is downloaded, unzip it into any directory. The
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`vault` binary inside is all that is necessary to run Vault (or
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`vault.exe` for Windows). Any additional files, if any, aren't
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required to run Vault.
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Copy the binary to anywhere on your system. If you intend to access it
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from the command-line, make sure to place it somewhere on your `PATH`.
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## Compiling from Source
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2016-08-25 17:00:26 +00:00
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Check [Vault's README on
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GitHub](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault#developing-vault) for up-to-date
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information about compiling Go from source.
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