• A modern server-class computer with at least 2GB of RAM and enough free disk space to store the full-text index. The index takes about 25% of the amount of space taken up by the indexed files.
• Windows Server 2003 or higher; Windows XP or higher is supported but a server operating system is recommended.
• A user account with read access to all shared files that you want to users to be able to search and tag.

1. Accept the security warning by clicking "Run":
   
2. Start the installer by clicking "Next >":
   
3. Change the install location if required by clicking "Browse...", then click "Next >"; make sure that you install to a drive with lots of free space:
   
4. Choose the user account to run the Kyral server as by clicking "Change..."; if all the files you want to search and tag are on the server you are installing to you can skip to step 6:
   
5. Enter the login and password of the account to run Kyral as and click "OK":
   
6. Click "Install", then open the Kyral home page to complete installation by clicking "Finish":
   

1. Open the Kyral home page; the installer opens it when it's finished, otherwise you can find a link in your Windows Start menu.
2. Create an administrator account by entering a login ("admin" is filled in by default) and a password (twice), then click "Create":
   
3. Add an indexed file share:
   • Click "Create a new file share or web site":
     
   • Click "File share":
     
   • Give the file share a name; use the same name as the directory or Windows share to avoid confusion.
   • Enter the root folder of the file share as a UNC path (e.g., \\server\share\folder).
   • If users use a mapped drive to access the file share, add the path as they see it to "Also known as"; for example g:\folder\. Remember to include the final slash.
   • Click "OK". Kyral starts indexing immediately and you will be able to search the indexed files within a few minutes.
     
4. Add some user accounts:
   • In the Browse panel on the left, click "Users":
     
   • Click "Create a new user":
     
   • Provide a login and password for the new user:
     
   • If required, you can use the Permissions tab to make the new user an administrator or assign special permissions:
     

• Internet Explorer 6, 7 or 8 or Firefox 3 or higher. Javascript is required for Internet Explorer 6 and is recommended for all browsers. Note that Opera, Chrome and Safari are not fully supported due to security restrictions.
• Windows XP or higher for Explorer integration, Office XP or higher for Office integration.

Although it is best to automatically deploy (below) the desktop integration components, they can be installed by any user:

• Click "Settings" in the very top right corner of the page:
  
• From the Plugins tab, download and install the Kyral Desktop Integration package:
  
• Right-click the "Kyral" and "Tag" links to add them to the browser's bookmarks toolbar:

The desktop integration components (but not the browser buttons) can be installed silently by running kdi.exe (in the plugins folder under the install folder, probably C:\Program Files\Simiolus\Kyral\plugins) with the following command line, changing the server name and port as appropriate:

You can confirm the port number by opening the Kyral home page using the Start Menu on your server, and then looking in the browser's address bar.

Please refer to the documentation for your configuration manager for how to automatically run this command when users next log on. Note that only per-user installation is supported.