# Installing the Web Portal for the First Time

This page documents how to install the web portal software. **If you have
previously installed the software**, see doc/RPKI/CA/UI/GUI/Upgrading for
instructions.

## Prerequisites

This page assumes that you have already followed the steps to install the CA
software (see doc/RPKI/Installation)

This page assumes that you have already created `/etc/rpki.conf` (see
doc/RPKI/CA/Configuration)

## Create Database Tables

This step creates the tables used by the web portal in the database. Run the
following commands in the shell (you do not need to be _root_, just have
permission to read `/etc/rpki.conf`):

    rpki-manage syncdb --noinput
    rpki-manage migrate

Note that at the end of the `syncdb` output you will see the following
message:

    Not synced (use migrations):
     - rpki.gui.app
    (use ./manage.py migrate to migrate these)

You should **ignore the message about running ./manage.py** since that script
does not exist in our setup (we use `rpki-manage` instead`).

## Next Step

See doc/RPKI/CA/UI/GUI/Configuring