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title: "Before Installation"
description: "Decisions before installing LumiScan Annotation Web: server computer, where images live, how people sign in, HTTPS, box suggestions and backups."
product: "LumiScan Annotation Web"
component: "lumiscan-annotation-web"
version: "2.2.0"
display_version: "2.2.0.0"
latest_version: false
language: "en"
url: "https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-annotation-web/2.2.0/before-installation.html"
---

# Before Installation – LumiScan Annotation Web

Clarify these points before you install the server. Each links to the page with the details.

| Question | Options |
| --- | --- |
| Which computer runs the server? | A Windows 11 or Ubuntu 24.04 computer that is on whenever people annotate. It needs little computing power; its disks matter more. See [Requirements](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-annotation-web/2.2.0/requirements.html). |
| Where are the images? | In folders on the server or on a network share mounted on it, or in an S3 bucket (AWS S3, MinIO, SeaweedFS). Folders that the desktop tool used are taken over as they are. See [Projects](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-annotation-web/2.2.0/projects.html) and [Projects in S3 Buckets](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-annotation-web/2.2.0/projects-in-s3-buckets.html). |
| How do people sign in? | Local accounts managed in the browser, the company directory (Active Directory / LDAP), single sign-on (OpenID Connect) or a combination. Keep at least one local administrator. See [Sign-in Methods](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-annotation-web/2.2.0/sign-in-methods.html). |
| HTTPS? | On by default, with a self-signed certificate that browsers warn about until it is trusted. Decide whether to use a certificate of your company’s CA instead, or a reverse proxy with TLS. See [HTTPS](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-annotation-web/2.2.0/configuration.html#https). |
| Box suggestions? | Needs a computer with a GPU for the box suggestion service, and your trained networks. Can be added later. See [Box Suggestion Service](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-annotation-web/2.2.0/box-suggestion-service.html). |
| Backups? | The server backs up its database and configuration automatically. The images and annotation files are backed up with the folders themselves. See [Backup and Restore](https://docs.hdvisionsystems.com/en/lumiscan-annotation-web/2.2.0/backup-and-restore.html). |

## What you need

- The release archive `LumiScanAnnotationWeb-<version>-win64.zip` (Windows), or the Linux build, from HD Vision Systems.
- Administrator rights on the server computer.
- For the directory: the address of a domain controller and a read-only service account. For single sign-on: a client registered at the identity provider.