# Direct Installation

Storware Backup and Recovery Endpoints server can be installed on a physical machine or as a virtual machine.

The [sizing guide](/70/deployment/sizing/storware-endpoints.md) describes requirements for a virtual or physical machine to install Storware Endpoint

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It is recommended to install Storware Endpoints on different machine than Storware Backup & Recovery.
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Log into Storware Backup and Recovery WebUI. Go into the Endpoints tab and in "Deployment Type" you can choose Installation Endpoint server without or with IBM Spectrum Protect Server.

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Then You need to provide SSH access to the machine where the Storware Endpoint server is going to be installed.

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**Note:** When installing Endpoint server, you can overwrite the default password to kodoadmin
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If you want to customize your installation, clik on **Advanced options**. New window will open. There you can change installation parameters. Comment out the line with the parameter you want to change, edit the vaule and click **Save** button. In the example below, we have changed MariaDB version to 10.6 (default is 10.4).

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**Note:** If you provide a password in the form and in the configuration file, Storware Backup & Recovery will take this from the form into account.
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