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title: "Install the Solution Lifecycle Manager app"
slug: "install-the-solution-lifecycle-manager-app"
updated: 2026-06-01T16:06:04Z
published: 2026-06-01T16:06:04Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Install the Solution Lifecycle Manager app

This article explains the steps to set up the Solution Lifecycle Manager (SLM) app, including installing it from Exchange and importing pipelines to connect to the Solution APIs.

The SLM app enables version control of your solutions. The app integrates with Quickbase's [Solution APIs](/v1/docs/qbl-and-solution-apis-overview) using pipelines to create environments, such as development, testing, and production. Then when a user makes changes to a solution, the SLM app automatically transitions the changes between environments in your implementation.

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## Requirements

> *Access to this feature can change based on your Quickbase plan. Learn more about feature availability and plans in*[*Quickbase capabilities*](/v1/docs/quickbase-capabilities)*.*

To install the app, you must have these account permissions:

- Ability to create apps
- Exchange access

To use the app, you must have these account permissions:

- Access the Solution APIs. A realm admin can set these permissions from the Policies page in the Admin Console, by selecting **Allow access to Solution APIs for users with permissions**. ![Admin Console setting for Allow access to Solution APIs for users with permissions](https://cdn.document360.io/dd260e4e-10bb-4b66-8fb3-5504c272b904/Images/Documentation/36448514342548.png)
- Ability to create apps
- Ability to create solutions
- Ability to create pipelines, and access to the Quickbase channel An account admin can set these [permissions](/v1/docs/set-permissions-for-billing-account-admins) from the Admin Console: ![Admin Console setting for pipeline and Quickbase channel permissions](https://cdn.document360.io/dd260e4e-10bb-4b66-8fb3-5504c272b904/Images/Documentation/31573555439508.png)

## Install Solution Lifecycle Manager from the Exchange

1. Navigate to **Exchange** from the global navigation menu.
2. Search for the Solution Lifecycle Manager App, and then select **Install**.
3. Name your app and select **Install**.

You can now open the app from the My apps page.

## Import pipelines

Import 12 pipelines to allow data to flow between the app and the Solution APIs.

> [!TIP]
> Tip
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> We recommend using a [service account](/v1/docs/setting-up-service-accounts) to import pipelines. [Learn more about using service accounts to manage pipelines](/v1/docs/using-service-accounts-to-manage-pipelines)

1. In the SLM app, navigate to **Pipeline Templates** in the table bar. You'll see a table of 12 pipelines with associated YAML files.
2. For each pipeline, copy the YAML.
3. Navigate to **Pipelines** in the global bar to access your pipelines environment.
4. Select **Import pipeline** from the **Create pipeline** dropdown.
5. Paste the YAML into the code box. You can optionally update the name.
6. Select **Import pipeline**. Repeat this process for all 12 pipelines.