> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.virtual-flow.org/tutorials-vf1/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.virtual-flow.org/tutorials-vf1/tutorial-2-vfvs-scratch-bash/introduction.md).

# Introduction

## Aims

The goals of this tutorial are to demonstrate:

1. [How VFVS can be installed (from scratch)](/tutorials-vf1/tutorial-2-vfvs-scratch-bash/installation.md)
2. [How the workflow prepared  (from scratch)](/tutorials-vf1/tutorial-2-vfvs-scratch-bash/setting-up-the-workflow.md)
3. [How the workflow is started](/tutorials-vf1/tutorial-2-vfvs-scratch-bash/starting-the-workflow.md)
4. [How the workflow is monitored](/tutorials-vf1/tutorial-2-vfvs-scratch-bash/monitoring-the-workflow.md)
5. [How to obtain the output database after completion](/tutorials-vf1/tutorial-2-vfvs-scratch-bash/the-completed-workflow.md)

This is a short tutorial, which only covers some of the basics.

A demonstration video based on this tutorial can be found on the VirtualFlow homepage:

* <https://virtual-flow.org/tutorials>