# Installation Guide

> Set up ReportingCloud without installing a server: create a trial account and an API key, add the .NET, PHP, Java or Ruby SDK and buy a subscription.

- **Product:** ReportingCloud
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** ReportingCloud > Installation Guide
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [What You Set Up](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/#what-you-set-up)
- [Where to Start](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/#where-to-start)
- [Find the Right Page](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/#find-the-right-page)
- [Pages in This Section](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/#pages-in-this-section)

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## In This Section

- [Creating an Account](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/account/llms.txt): Sign up for the 30-day ReportingCloud trial in the portal: registration fields, password rules, email verification, first login and the demo template.
- [API Keys](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/api-keys/llms.txt): Create and delete API keys on Manage Account or with the account/apikey endpoints, send them in the Authorization header and keep them out of source code.
- [Requirements](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/requirements/llms.txt): Check what a ReportingCloud client needs: an account, HTTPS and JSON, plus the .NET target frameworks, PHP versions, Java build and Ruby gem of each SDK.
- [Installing an SDK](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/sdks/llms.txt): Install TXTextControl.ReportingCloud from NuGet, the PHP SDK with Composer, the Java library from source or the Ruby gem, and check it with a first call.
- [Upgrading to a Subscription](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/subscription/llms.txt): Move a trial or Free account to a paid plan: buy a monthly or yearly subscription in the Text Control store and add its serial number with Add Subscription.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [Data Security and Privacy](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/security/llms.txt)
- **Next:** [Requirements](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/requirements/llms.txt)