---
title: "Setup & Administration"
language: "en"
type: "Workflow Guide"
summary: "Installation & Activation . Initialization & Persistence . Managing Computational Resources . Connecting to External Software . Configuring Internet Access . Notebook Configuration . Wolfram Enterprise Private Cloud"
canonical_url: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflowguide/SetupAndAdministration.html"
source: "Wolfram Language Documentation"
related_guides: 
  - 
    title: "Parallel Computing"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/ParallelComputing.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Wolfram System Session History"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/WolframSystemSessionHistory.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Setting Persistent Values"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/SettingPersistentValues.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Initialization & Provisioning"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/InitializationAndProvisioning.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Wolfram System Setup"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/WolframSystemSetup.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Tuning & Debugging"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/TuningAndDebugging.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Session Customization"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/SessionCustomization.en.md"
  - 
    title: "Persistent Storage"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/PersistentStorage.en.md"
  - 
    title: "External Interpreted Language Interfaces"
    link: "https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/ExternalInterpretedLanguageInterfaces.en.md"
---
Setup & Administration

---

Installation & Activation

```wl
[Find Your Activation Key](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/FindYourActivationKey.en.md)

[Find When Your License Will Expire](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/FindWhenYourLicenseWillExpire.en.md)

[Set Up a Mobile Phone Number](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/SetUpAMobilePhoneNumber.en.md)

[Initialization & Persistence](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflowguide/InitializationAndPersistence.en.md)

[Set Up Initialization for a Symbol](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/SetUpInitializationForASymbol.en.md)

[Find All Initializations](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/FindAllInitializations.en.md)

[Add the Cloud to the Persistence Search Path](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/AddTheCloudToThePersistenceSearchPath.en.md)

[…](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflowguide/InitializationAndPersistence.en.md)
```

---

Managing Computational Resources

```wl
[Get Information on System Configuration](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/GetInformationOnSystemConfiguration.en.md)

[Limit the Amount of History Stored in the System](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/LimitTheAmountOfHistoryStoredInTheSystem.en.md)

[Run a Computation in Parallel](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/RunAComputationInParallel.en.md)

[Use a Separate Kernel for Evaluation](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/UseASeparateKernelForEvaluation.en.md)
```

---

```wl
[Connecting to External Software](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflowguide/ConnectingToExternalSoftware.en.md)

[Connect to an External Java Program](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/ConnectToAnExternalJavaProgram.en.md)

[Configure Python for ExternalEvaluate](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/ConfigurePythonForExternalEvaluate.en.md)

[…](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflowguide/ConnectingToExternalSoftware.en.md)
```

Configuring Internet Access

```wl
[Prevent Internet Access from the Wolfram Language](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/PreventInternetAccessFromTheWolframLanguage.en.md)

[Use a Proxy Server to Access the Internet](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/UseAProxyServerToAccessTheInternet.en.md)

[Connect to a Server](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/ConnectToAServer.en.md)

[Send Email from the Wolfram Language](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/SendEmailFromTheWolframLanguage.en.md)
```

Notebook Configuration

```wl
[Configure for a Non-English Interface](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/ConfigureForANonEnglishInterface.en.md)

[Display Notebooks White on Black](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/DisplayNotebooksWhiteOnBlack.en.md)
```

---

```wl
[Wolfram Enterprise Private Cloud](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflowguide/WolframEnterprisePrivateCloud.en.md)

[Install Wolfram Enterprise Private Cloud on Amazon Web Services](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/InstallWolframEnterprisePrivateCloudOnAmazonWebServices.en.md)

[Configure Wolfram Enterprise Private Cloud](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/ConfigureWolframEnterprisePrivateCloud.en.md)

[Activate Wolfram Enterprise Private Cloud When Your VM Has External Internet Access](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/ActivateWolframEnterprisePrivateCloudWhenYourVMHasExternalInternetAccess.en.md)

[Upgrade Wolfram Enterprise Private Cloud via Management Desktop](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflow/UpgradeWolframEnterprisePrivateCloudViaManagementDesktop.en.md)

[…](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/workflowguide/WolframEnterprisePrivateCloud.en.md)
```

Related Guides

[Parallel Computing](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/ParallelComputing.en.md)

[Wolfram System Session History](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/WolframSystemSessionHistory.en.md)

[Setting Persistent Values](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/SettingPersistentValues.en.md)

[Initialization & Provisioning](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/InitializationAndProvisioning.en.md)

[Wolfram System Setup](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/WolframSystemSetup.en.md)

[Tuning & Debugging](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/TuningAndDebugging.en.md)

[Session Customization](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/SessionCustomization.en.md)

[Persistent Storage](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/PersistentStorage.en.md)

[External Interpreted Language Interfaces](https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/ExternalInterpretedLanguageInterfaces.en.md)