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1. Obtain the installation resources of Tax Balance . Usually this is an archive with the file extension (.nupkg)from the download link that was provided to you via E-mail.

2. Extract the archive to a desired location on the file system of the machine that will host Tax Balance. We will refer to that location as <tax-balance-install-directory>.

3. Use PowerShell (Version 6 or later) to register a service. From an administrative PowerShell command shell execute the following command:

   Code Block
   language powershell
   New-Service -Name "Tax Balance" -BinaryPathName "<tax-balance-install-directory>\AMANA.SmartTaxBalance.Web.Api.exe" -Credential "<tax-balance-user>" -Description "Tax Balance Web Application" -Description "Tax Balance" -StartupType Automatic

   Replacing <tax-balance-install-directory> with the location of the exctracted installation resources.
   Replacing <tax-balance-user> with a Service user account , with the format DOMAIN OR COMPUTER\USER e.g., Contoso\ServiceUser or the Local Service Account or a Custom domain account NT AUTHORITY\LocalService. If this parameter is not specified, the local service account is used.
   Learn more about permissions required for the Tax Balance Windows Service or using a Managed Service Account.

4. Continue with Configure the Configuration of Tax Balance

5. Additional configuration steps may be required to make Tax Balance work as a Windows service. As , as per default, Tax Balance Server will listen to https://localhost:443/. To change this, open the appsettings.json file located at <tax-balance-install-directory> and change the value of the key Urls to a desired listening address(es). Learn more about exposing Tax Balance server. You will also be provided with information how to setup a X.509 certificate for HTTPS protocol.

6. Start the service with the following PowerShell 6 command:

   Code Block
   language powershell
   Start-Service -Name "Tax Balance"

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