Installing Sharepoint 2013

This post will be a guide on installing sharepoint 2013.
This will be a process which has several steps.
First we'll have to run the Sharepoint Prerequisite installer which will check for some software in your server and install them if they are not available enable the required roles in the server.

Step 1 - Prerequisite installer

The Prerequisite installer is very simple and you just have to click the next buttons to continue with the setup.
As this enables some some server roles this will require you to restart the server.

Step 2 - The Sharepoint setup
first open the setup.exe

It'll require you the key , you can provide the key that you purchased from Microsoft.

Then the license agreement, well accept that and click continue.

Then you'll have to select the installation type, here I'm installing for a farm so its a full installation, you can do a stand alone installation for development environments.
this step will require you to select the file locations as well.

 Then it will install Sharepoint 2013 in your server.

when the installation is done you can start the configuration wizard.

Step 3 - Sharepoint Product configuration wizard

This will help you to do the required configuration for Sharepoint.

when you click it'll ask whether to start some required services, click yes to continue.

In the next step you can choose to connect to an existing sharepoint farm or to create a new farm.
in this post we are going to create a new farm.

Then you'll have to select the database server for farm, it can even be the same machine if you are setting up a single machine.

then you'll have to give the farm password.

The next step will be selecting the port for Central Administration and the security type

The next page will be a summary of the information you have just provided,
you can click next if everything is ok.

Now the configuration wizard will run and do the required configuration.

After the wizard complete it'll show a summary again saying that the configuration is successful.

Now that the installation and configuration is done, you can open the Central Administration using Internet Explorer.

Step 4 - Central Administration
The first window will ask you whether you want to be enrolled in the customer experience improvement program, select your preference.

Then the CA will show you a page to do the required configuration. you can choose to do it later.
this is basically starting the services.

if you choose to start the wizard you'll be shown a list of service applications that are to be started.
you can choose the ones you want to run in your farm. you can provide an account for the service applications.

When you click next, it will show the Working on it window, after that you can create web applications.

Thats it your Sharepoint 2013 farm is ready :)