<p>You'll get that message if Craft isn't installed and you hit the front-end of the site.</p>

<p>You'll want to load the control panel for the installer to trigger as noted in <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/installing#step-5-run-the-installer" rel="nofollow">Step 5</a> of the install docs.</p>

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2016-06-26T00:46:07.800Z
when I do localhost/public/admin or localhost/admin I get a 404. What is the url to set it up? Thanks!
user2997606
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2016-06-26T00:57:51.440Z
Actually got it: http://localhost/public/index.php/admin
user2997606
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2016-06-26T05:06:13.563Z
Glad you're up and running!
Brad Bell
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2016-06-25T23:55:07.177Z
2016-06-25T23:55:07.177Z
Brad Bell
<p>I downloaded Lamp and am trying to install Craft CMS, but I keep getting a "Service Unavailable- Our site is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later." In the log file it printed the following:</p>

<pre><code>******************************************************************************************************
2016/06/25 22:39:51 [error] [exception.Craft\HttpException.503] exception 'Craft\HttpException' in /var/www/html/test_craft/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php:798
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/test_craft/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php(203): Craft\WebApp-&gt;_processInstallRequest()
#1 /var/www/html/test_craft/craft/app/framework/base/CApplication.php(185): Craft\WebApp-&gt;processRequest()
#2 /var/www/html/test_craft/craft/app/index.php(62): CApplication-&gt;run()
#3 /var/www/html/public/index.php(19): require_once('/var/www/html/t...')
#4 {main}
REQUEST_URI=/public/
---

******************************************************************************************************
</code></pre>

<p>Does anyone know why this might be happening?</p>

<error>
Service Unavaliable
# Service Unavaliable

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-25)

I downloaded Lamp and am trying to install Craft CMS, but I keep getting a "Service Unavailable- Our site is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later." In the log file it printed the following:
******************************************************************************************************
2016/06/25 22:39:51 [error] [exception.Craft\HttpException.503] exception 'Craft\HttpException' in /var/www/html/test_craft/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php:798
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/test_craft/craft/app/etc/web/WebApp.php(203): Craft\WebApp->_processInstallRequest()
#1 /var/www/html/test_craft/craft/app/framework/base/CApplication.php(185): Craft\WebApp->processRequest()
#2 /var/www/html/test_craft/craft/app/index.php(62): CApplication->run()
#3 /var/www/html/public/index.php(19): require_once('/var/www/html/t...')
#4 {main}
REQUEST_URI=/public/
---

******************************************************************************************************

Does anyone know why this might be happening?

**Tags:** error

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-06-25. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

You'll get that message if Craft isn't installed and you hit the front-end of the site.

You'll want to load the control panel for the installer to trigger as noted in [Step 5](https://craftcms.com/docs/installing#step-5-run-the-installer) of the install docs.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: when I do localhost/public/admin or localhost/admin I get a 404. What is the url to set it up? Thanks!  
> **username_0**: Actually got it: http://localhost/public/index.php/admin  
> **username_1**: Glad you're up and running!  

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