Installation Steps - Windows

Pre-requisites

Please see the details about what you need to prepare before proceeding with the application installation at installation.md

download and install the latest python 3 release (python >= 3.4) from Python Releases for Windows page

Note: Make sure that you have the option "Add Python to environment variables" checked when asked during installation.

Example of python installation url: python-3.5.2-amd64.exe

install git-for-windows
start the "Git Bash" executable and verify that the latest version of the pip utility is installed
```
  $ pip --version
  $ python -m pip install --upgrade pip
```
create a folder for storing dependencies
```
  $ cd ~
  $ mkdir .virtualenvs
```
install the helper tool for isolating the installation files
```
  $ pip install virtualenv
```

activate the isolation environment

  $ virtualenv olass
  $ source olass/Scripts/activate

Note: Please verify that the prompt has changed and indicates (olass) as an active python environment as in the image below:

install the software
```
  $ pip install olass
```
create a directory for storing configuration and log files
```
  $ mkdir -p ~/olass/logs
```
create a config file by using the settings_example.py file as a template
```
  $ cp settings_example.py ~/olass/settings.py
```
edit the config file (add the proper values)
```
  $ vim ~/olass/settings.py
```

display the OLASS version number then run it

  $ olass --version
  $ olass -c ~/olass/settings.py