# AIQ Install Preparation Checklist - Installation and Configuration

# AIQ Install Preparation Checklist - Installation and Configuration

Use this checklist to prepare the installation plan, access, configuration, and validation steps for an AIQ deployment. This version should contain the procedural install-readiness items, while the System Requirements checklist remains focused on platform requirements.

## Installation readiness checks

- Confirm installation owner, target environment, maintenance window, and rollback plan.
- Verify hostnames, ports, certificates, service accounts, database access, repositories, and SMTP/integration requirements.
- Prepare installers, licenses, configuration files, backup/snapshot plan, and support contacts.
- Confirm test accounts, sample scenarios, and smoke-test criteria for post-install validation.
- Document customer-specific proxy, firewall, SSO, repository, and monitoring requirements.

## Validation workflow

1. Complete pre-install checks and capture approvals.
2. Install or upgrade AIQ using the approved procedure.
3. Validate login, Controller health, Test Node connectivity, repository access, and a small execution.
4. Record open issues and follow-up actions before handing the environment to users.

**Duplicate-content note:** This article overlaps with the System Requirements checklist; keep this one as the procedural install checklist and consolidate duplicate requirement-only items into the requirements page.

*Last updated: October 9, 2026*