# Install and Configure Statistics Server

You can install Statistics Server using the IDOL installer, or by downloading and extracting the Statistics Server zip package.

To install Statistics Server as a Windows service, run `statsserver.exe -install` at the command prompt. To uninstall the service, run `statsserver.exe -uninstall`. For more information about these options, refer to the IDOL Getting Started Guide.

To configure basic settings

1. Open the Statistics Server configuration file (the default file name is `statsserver.cfg`).
2. In the `[License]` section, specify the host name or IP address, and ACI port of your License Server. For a list of standard `[License]` parameters, refer to the Query Manipulation Server Reference.
3. If you are recording statistics from multiple IDOL components, you must specify the IDOL information in the `[IDOLStatistics]` section of the Statistics Server configuration file. For more information, see Record Statistics from Multiple IDOL Servers.
4. In the `[Server]` section, specify which port receives events, and which clients can send events to Statistics Server. For more information, see Statistics Server Parameters.
5. Save the configuration file.

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