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## Create Medusa Application
A Medusa application is made up of a headless Node.js server and an admin dashboard. You can optionally install a separate [Next.js storefront](../storefront-development/nextjs-starter/page.mdx) either while installing the Medusa application or at a later point.
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After answering the prompts, the command installs the Medusa application in a directory with your project name, and prepares a PostgreSQL database that the application connects to.
<Note>
Since the Medusa server is headless, the storefront is optional to install and you can install it later by following [this guide](../storefront-development/nextjs-starter/page.mdx). If you choose to install it with the Medusa application, the storefront is installed in a separate directory named `{project-name}-storefront`.
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If you chose to install the storefront with the Medusa application, the storefront is installed in a separate directory named `{project-name}-storefront`.
### Successful Installation Result
Once the Medusa application installation finishes successfully, the Medusa application will run at `http://localhost:9000`.
Once the installation finishes successfully, the Medusa application will run at `http://localhost:9000`.
The Medusa Admin dashboard also runs at `http://localhost:9000/app`. The installation process opens the Medusa Admin dashboard in your default browser to create a user. You can later log in with that user.
If you also installed the Next.js storefront, it'll be running at `http://localhost:8000`.
You can stop the servers for the Medusa application and Next.js storefront by exiting the installation command. To run the server for the Medusa application again, refer to [this section](#run-medusa-application-in-development).
### Troubleshooting Installation Errors
If you ran into an error during your installation, refer to the following troubleshooting guides for help: