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title: "Installing Drupal Starter Kits through the Site Factory user interface"
date: "2024-11-14T10:37:23+00:00"
summary: "Easily install Drupal Starter Kits through Site Factory's user interface. Learn when to use this method, prerequisites, and step-by-step instructions for a quick and hassle-free setup of your Drupal site."
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Rebranding notice!

Acquia announces rebranding of its “Acquia CMS” offering, which includes a collection of Drupal modules. “Acquia CMS” is now referred to as “Drupal Starter Kits”.

Use cases for using this method[¶](#id1 "Permalink to this heading")
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You can install Drupal Starter Kits through the Site Factory user interface in the following scenarios:

*   You want to try Drupal Starter Kits without spending time composing on your local development environment and pushing to the remote repository.
*   You want to use Drupal Starter Kits as it comes and do not have much expertise with Composer.
*   You want to explore Drupal Starter Kits without investing too much development time.
*   You prefer to install through the user interface instead of the command line.

Prerequisites[¶](#prerequisites "Permalink to this heading")
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Before you start this procedure, ensure that you complete the steps mentioned in [Setting up your Factory](/site-factory/setting-your-factory "Setting up your Factory") to set up your factory.

Using the Site Factory user interface[¶](#using-the-site-factory-user-interface "Permalink to this heading")
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1.  [Sign in to Site Factory](/site-factory/accessing-site-factory-management-console "Accessing the Site Factory Management Console").
2.  In the top menu, click **Sites**.
3.  In the left sidebar, click the group in which you want to create your website.
4.  Click **Create a new site**.
5.  In **Site URL**, enter a URL for your site.
6.  _(Optional)_ If you do not see an option to select a profile:
    1.  Click **Administration** > **Installation profile management**.
    2.  Select the checkbox for the `acquia_cms_minimal` profile.
    3.  Make it your default profile.
    4.  Click **Save Settings**.
7.  Select the `acquia_cms_minimal` profile and click **Create site**.
    
    Your installation starts automatically. The system sends you an email after your site is ready.
    
8.  After your site is ready, log in to your new site.
    
    The system redirects you to the Tour page and displays the Starter Kit Selection page.
    
9.  On the Starter Kit Selection page, select a starter kit and click **Save & continue**.
10.  On the Extend Starter Kit page, select appropriate options for the questions to extend the starter kit with add-ons.
     
     The site is generated with the selected starter kit and add-ons.
     

Important

This procedure does not disable or uninstall any module that is already enabled or installed. This only enables or installs the modules required to set up the selected starter kit.

After you install Drupal Starter Kits, you can [develop your Drupal site](/node/55895/#develop-acquia-cms) and [deploy your changes to Cloud Next](/node/55895/#deploy-cloud-next).