Installing the Pega 7 Platform Personal Edition

The Personal Edition version of the Pega 7 Platform provides a fully functional version of the Pega 7 Platform that you can install on your workstation to learn how to build and test applications. The rules and applications that you develop with the Personal Edition can be saved and later moved to a full version of the Pega 7 Platform.

Installation package​
The Personal Edition installation package includes these components:

• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.8.0.66
• PostgreSQL 9.4.5
• Apache Tomcat 8.0.28
• Pega 7 Platform Personal Edition

Prerequisites to Install Pega Personal Edition 
Before installing Personal Edition, confirm that your workstation meets the following prerequisites:

Intel-based personal computer or laptop with at least 2 GB of free RAM running any supported 64-bit version of Microsoft Windows. For a list of supported versions, see the Platform Support Guide.

• 5 GB of free disk space
• A supported browser version:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or later
• Mozilla Firefox 5 or later
• Google Chrome 9 or later

Installing Personal Edition

1. Download the PRPC_PE_win64.zip file from your installation package.
2. Extract the contents to a directory on your computer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Note : This directory name cannot contain spaces.                                                                                                                                                             
3. In that directory, double-click the install.bat file. The system opens a command window, and then starts the installation wizard. If the install.bat file fails to run, confirm that there are no spaces in the directory path.
4. On the Personal Edition Installation page, click Next.
5. Review the information on the Overview and Prerequisites page to ensure that the Personal Edition installation was successful.
6. Click Next.
7. On the License Agreement page, review the software license for Personal Edition and its third-party products.
8. Click Next. On the Components to be installed page, the required components are preselected. If you do not want to automatically start the Pega 7 Platform after installation, clear the Launch PRPC check box.
9. Click Next.
10. On the Directories Selection page, browse to the directory where you want to install the Personal Edition. Otherwise, the installation creates the PRPCPersonalEdition directory on your C: drive.
    
    Note : The directory that you select must have at least 5 GB of free disk space and must allow a nonadministrative user to create instances in that directory.
    
    
11. Click Next. The Port Configuration page displays the default port assignment that the Personal Edition uses for the database and Tomcat.
12. Click Port Availability to verify that the default ports are available. If there are conflicts, enter a different port number and repeat this step.
13. Click Next.
14. Click Start to start the installation. The Output and Error tabs display the progress of the installation.
15. When the confirmation message is displayed, click OK.
16. Click Exit to close the installation window.
17. Log in to the Pega 7 Platform instance:
    • If you accepted the default Launch PRPC selection, you can log in by using the browser window that is open after you close the installation window.
    • If you did not select the default, see the Using shortcuts to start, log in to, and shut down Personal Edition section of this article for instructions.