# General instructions

## <span style="font-weight: 400;">Introduction</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The purpose of this document is to provide the instructions to implement PAM using the Soffid console. This is a step-by-step implementation guide. </span>

Soffid is an information security product that provides a web console to **manage privileged accounts** in addition to, identity provisioning, identity governance, including risk management and Single sign on.

## <span style="font-weight: 400;">Before starting</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Before you start the PAM implementation it will be mandatory:</span>

### <span style="font-weight: 400;">1. Install Soffid IAM Console</span>

The first step will be to install Soffid. You could install Soffid console on-premise, or on the cloud; on your own servers, or using docker or Kubernetes.

<p class="callout info"><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more information visit the [Soffid installation book](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/installation).</span></p>

### <span style="font-weight: 400;">2. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Install Soffid PAM</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The purpose of PAM is to manage accounts and to determinate what users will have access to critical resources. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Soffid allows to you to install and configure PAM.</span>

<p class="callout info"><span style="font-weight: 400;">For more information visit the [PAM Install &amp; config book](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/pam-install-config).</span></p>

### 3. Login into Soffid Console

Your user need to be an administrator user or a user with the proper permission to perform the actions for the implementation procedure.

## Process definition

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