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[Horde](../Home.md) > Getting Started: Remote Compilation
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# Getting Started: Remote Compilation
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## Introduction
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Horde implements a platform for generic remote execution workloads, allowing clients to leverage idle CPU cycles on
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other machines to accelerate workloads that would otherwise be executed locally. Horde's remote execution platform
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allows issuing explicit commands to remote agents sequentially, such as "upload these files", "run this process",
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"send these files back", and so on.
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**Unreal Build Accelerator** is a tool that implements lightweight virtualization for operating environment of a
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third party program (such as a C++ compiler), allowing it to run on a remote machine - requesting information from the
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initiating machine in a just-in-time manner as necessary. The remotely executed process behaves as if it's executing
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on the local machine, seeing the same view of the file system and so on, and files are transferred to and from the
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remote machine behind the scenes as necessary.
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## Prerequisites
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* Install the [Horde server](InstallServer.md)
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* One or more machines to function as build workers
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## Steps
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1. Install the Horde Server [as described here](InstallServer.md).
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2. Download the `Horde Agent` installer from the tools page on the server. For Windows, it's easiest to use the MSI
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installer. Install the agent on a worker machine, entering the URL of the Horde Server when prompted.
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3. Click on the `Agents` link from the `Server` menu and make sure the agent has registered with the server correctly.
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It should have automatically been added to the correct pool.
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4. Configure UnrealBuildTool to use your remote worker.
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