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title: "Getting Started - Santa Docs"
description: "Getting Started - Open source binary authorization for macOS. Configure, deploy, and extend the agent that powers Workshop."
doc_version: "1"
last_updated: "2026-05-22"
canonical: "https://northpole.security/docs/santa/deployment/getting-started"
---
# Getting Started

Due to the security features built-in to macOS, deployment of Santa requires several pre-requisite steps. It is possible to skip these steps but doing so will require manual intervention to get Santa running and cause pop-ups that might be confusing to your users.

It is recommended to go through all of the pages in this section in order.

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