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# Installing Symphony CMS

> Learn how to install Symphony CMS on your web hosting account. Just follow our step-by-step Symphony instructions.

This article describes how to install the Symphony CMS (content management system) on your hosting.com account.

<Note>
  If you want to install the similarly named **Symfony** PHP Framework (which is unrelated to the Symphony CMS) please see [this article](/docs/symfony).
</Note>

## Installing Symphony

Symphony is compatible with all hosting.com accounts. However, you must install it manually.

<Note>
  Although hosting.com servers are compatible with a wide variety of software applications, we cannot provide troubleshooting assistance for application-specific issues.
</Note>

To install Symphony:

1. Download the Symphony application at [http://www.getsymphony.com/download](http://www.getsymphony.com/download) to your local computer.

2. Extract the .zip file on your computer.

3. Use FTP to upload the contents of the extracted **symphony-2.3.4** folder to the **public\_html** directory of your hosting.com account. (The exact name of the extracted folder may vary based on the version you downloaded.)
   > 📘 Note
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   > For information about how to access your account using FTP, please see [this article](/docs/using-ftp-file-transfer-protocol).

4. Use cPanel to create a MySQL database and database user for the application. You will need this information during the web configuration process.
   > 📘 Note
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   > For information about how to create a MySQL database and user, please see [this article](/docs/managing-mysql-databases).

5. Use your web browser to go to the Symphony installation URL, which is your domain name followed by *install* (for example, *[http://www.example.com/install](http://www.example.com/install)* ). The installation page appears.

6. Under **Website Preferences**, in the **Name** text box, type the name of your web site.

7. Under **Date and Time**, select the date and time settings for your web site.

8. Under **Database Connection**, in the **Database** text box, type the name of the database you created in step 4.
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   > Remember that the database name begins with your username. For example, if you create a database named *symphony*, the full database name is *username\_symphony*, where *username* represents your account username.

9. In the **Username** text box, type the name of the database user that you created in step 4.
   > 📘 Note
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   > Remember that the database username begins with your username. For example, if you create a database user named *symphony*, the full database username is *username\_symphony*, where *username* represents your account username.

10. In the **Password** text box, type the password for the database user that you created in step 4.

11. Under **User Information**, in the **Username** text box, type a username for the web site. You will use this username to log in to Symphony as the administrator.

12. In the **Password** and **Confirm Password** text boxes, type a password for the user.

13. Under **Personal Information**, in the **First Name** and **Last Name** text boxes, type the user's name.

14. In the **Email Address** text box, type the user's e-mail address.

15. Click **Install Symphony**.

16. When installation completes, click **Ok, now take me to the login page**. At the login page, use the username and password you specified in steps 11 and 12 to log in.

## More information

For more information about Symphony, please visit [http://www.getsymphony.com](http://www.getsymphony.com).