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title: "How to Initialize a Certero On-Premises platform | v8+"
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With Certero Provisioning there is an option in the drop down menu next to the Tenant name: Initialize. 

This option will revert the Tenant to a blank database and should therefore only be used if this is the desired outcome.

> ℹ️ SaaS Hosted customer Initializations are managed by Certero.

1. RDP into your Provisioning Services host.

2. Navigate to https://localhost:9000

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3. Click the "Email" field.

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4. Type "admin@cps.local".

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5. Click the "Password" field and enter your password.

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6. Click "Sign In".

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7. Click "Tenants"

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8. Click the three blue dots.

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9. Click "Initialize"

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10. Click "Yes"

> ℹ️ Selecting this option will give the following warning:
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ Initializing a tenant will revert the deployed instance back to its initial state. Please ensure that a recent backup has been downloaded from Provisioning Services if you think you may later need to restore the tenant back the current state.

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11. Your tenant will initialize and revert back to its initial state.

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