# Umbraco v6.1.1 - Refresher - Clean Install - Part 1

Having been away from Umbraco development for a while, I decided to get the latest version of Umbraco and do a manual installation. In the meanwhile, I also wanted to make sure my source code was version controlled so that I could work off my desktop as well as my laptop.  
  
Some of the stuff I want to achieve:  

1.  Do a manual installation of Umbraco
2.  See how Umbraco behaves with MVC
3.  Use GitHub for Version Control
4.  Setup my local environment for easy debugging
5.  Use a free hosting provider to host my test website

### Manual Installation of Umbraco

The latest version on Umbraco.com was version 6.1.1.   
I downloaded the UmbracoCms.6.1.1.zip file from [http://our.umbraco.org/contribute/releases/611](http://our.umbraco.org/contribute/releases/611) and unzipped it on my local machine.  
Since I wanted to use GitHub to keep my two development environments (desktop & laptop) in sync, I created a "Github" directory at the root of my F drive. All the unzipped files from UmbracoCms.6.1.1.zip were placed in a "F:\\Github\\umbraco-playground" directory.  
  

### Creating the website in IIS

Next step was to setup IIS. My Desktop has a Windows Vista Business OS and I had installed IIS 7.0 sometime back. (TIP: you can start IIS using "inetmgr" from the Run dialog and check for the version on the MMC Menu -> Help -> About Internet Information Services)  
  
I created a new website named as "Umbraco.Local" with the following bindings:  
```
Type: http  
IP Address: All Unassigned  
Port: 80  
Host name: umbraco.local
```
  
I also created an Application Pool specific for this website as follows:  
```
Name: Umbraco.Local  
.NET Framework version: .NET Framework v4.0.30319  
Managed Pipeline mode: Integrated  
Start application pool immediately: Checked
```
  

### Accessing the site Locally

To access the URL [http://umbraco.local](http://umbraco.local/) I needed to add the following entry to the host file on my machine.  

> _127.0.0.1       umbraco.local_

Location of Host File: C:\\Windows\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\hosts  
Note that you would need to open up Notepad with the "Run as Administrator" option in Windows Vista in order to edit the host file.  
  
Typed in [http://umbraco.local](http://umbraco.local/) on the browser and the Splash screen for Umbraco setup was on my browser...  

I will write the details of that in my next post...

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*This article was originally written on Google's Blogger platform and ported to Hashnode on 17 Sep 2022.*