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# Install Portainer BE

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These installation instructions are for Portainer Business Edition (BE). For Portainer Community Edition (CE) refer to the [CE install documentation](/start/install-ce.md).
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Portainer Business Edition is straightforward to install. There are two options: installing new or adding an environment to an existing installation.

For a detailed, step-by-step guide to setting up Portainer for production, have a look at our [Best Practice Install Guide](https://academy.portainer.io/install/) in the Portainer Academy.

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If you haven't already, please check that your environments meet [our requirements](/start/requirements-and-prerequisites.md) before proceeding.
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[Set up a new Portainer BE Server installation](/start/install/server.md)
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[Add an environment to an existing installation](/start/agent.md)
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