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//installing/installing_bare_metal/ipi/ipi-install-installation-workflow.adoc

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= Following the progress of the installation

During the deployment process, you can check the installation's overall status by issuing the `tail` command to the `.openshift_install.log` log file in the install directory folder:

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$ tail -f /path/to/install-dir/.openshift_install.log
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