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**Setup Platform:**
-1. Download the pre-built binary from [releases](https://github.com/Kitsune-tools/ProjectANA/releases/latest) or Clone the repo.
-2. In ANA Conversation Platform project, open appsettings-Sample.json and edit DatabaseConnectionSettings section to match your MongoDB details.
+1. Download the pre-built binary from [releases](https://github.com/Kitsune-tools/ProjectANA/releases/latest) or Clone the repo.
You can also build from the docker image hosted on dockerhub. Click [here](https://hub.docker.com/r/projectana/platform/) to go to the dockerhub link.
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+2. You need to set up your mongodb instance first. You can either do that on your local machine or a server such as [MLab](https://mlab.com) .
Click [here](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/getting-started/) to know more about mongoDB such as installation and setting up a database.
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+3. In ANA Conversation Platform project, open `appsettings-Sample.json` and edit `DatabaseConnectionSettings` section to match your MongoDB details you had configured earlier.
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3. Change Collection names to new/empty collections.
-4. Save and Rename appsettings-Sample.json to appsettings.json
-5. Build and publish the project to the server as usual. It's a .NET Core project, which can be hosted on Windows, Linux and Mac.
-6. Note down the base URL of your hosted project.
-7. Optionally, Set the APIKey and APISecret in appsettings.json under BasicAuth section for security.
+5. Save and Rename appsettings-Sample.json to appsettings.json.
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+6. To build the project, you need to have dotnet core version 2 installed in your system. Click [here](https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/core) to get the latest version. Note : Dotnet core is cross platform and will work on windows, linux and mac.
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+7. If you cloned the repository, follow the usual steps to restore, build and run a dotnet core project.
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+8. If you downloaded the pre built binaries, go inside the platform folder and find the `ANAConversationPlatform.dll` file.
Run `dotnet ANAConversationPlatform.dll` to execute.
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+9. Note down the base URL of your hosted project.
+10. Optionally, Set the APIKey and APISecret in appsettings.json under BasicAuth section for security.
**Setup Studio:**