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Installation & licensing

Install the Memoria desktop host, activate your license, and create the first admin account.

The on-site profile is delivered as a signed desktop installer that runs on the host computer — the one machine that serves your station laptops over the LAN. This guide covers installing it, activating the license, and creating your first administrator.

Before you install

  • Confirm the host computer's operating system and that you have admin-install permissions.
  • Confirm whether the event runs on the school LAN or an isolated router/hub.
  • Have your license key, the installer version, and a backup destination ready.

Install the host application

  1. Download the signed installer for the target OS from your approved release channel.
  2. Install Memoria on the host computer.
  3. Launch Memoria and activate the license.
  4. Create the first administrator account, or seed one through managed deployment environment variables before first launch.
  5. Use Help → Check for Updates to confirm the installer can reach the update channel when internet is available.

Auto-update: packaged desktop builds self-update from signed releases. Memoria checks for updates on launch, and you can check manually from Memoria Settings → App updates.

Licensing

The on-site profile is gated by an offline, signed license, issued per school. Your license key determines the edition and expiration. Keep a record of the license key and edition details with your handoff notes — you'll need them when reinstalling or moving to a new host computer.

The first administrator

The first account you create is an Admin. Admins always retain every permission and can never be locked out, so this account is your safety net. From it you can create additional users, assign roles, approve station devices, and edit the per-organization permission matrix. See Roles & permissions.

Data & backups

On the on-site profile, Memoria stores its data in a local database file in the host's user data location (~/.memoria/memoria.db). Back this file up after final setup and again immediately after each event. See Event-day operations for the full backup routine.

Hosted / SaaS

On the hosted profile there is nothing to install: accounts and data live in the cloud, and updates are applied for you. Talk to us about provisioning a hosted organization for your district.