## Installation Process

This chapter describes how to install cosProperty in an Erlang Environment.

### Preparation

Before starting the installation process for cosProperty, the application Orber must be running.

### Configuration

First the cosProperty application must be installed by using cosProperty:install() and, if requested, cosProperty:install_db(), followed by cosProperty:start(). Now we can start the desired Factory type by using either cosProperty:start_SetFactory() or cosProperty:start_SetDefFactory().