# Plan your IDOL Setup

IDOL is a data platform that helps you get the most benefit from large quantities of information. There are many possible ways to deploy and configure IDOL, but generally there are only a few key aspects that you need to consider.

This section discusses some of the considerations that you might need to think about before you start installing and configuring IDOL.

- Your Content. Review your content and decide what you want to index.

- Retrieve Content. Use connectors to extract your content for indexing in IDOL Server.

- Enrich Your Content. Add value to your data using other tools, such as Eduction and Categorization.

- Licenses. Obtain a license for your IDOL Server installation.

_FT_HTML5_bannerTitle.htm