Linaro Automated Validation Architecture (LAVA) is without a doubt one of thebest currently available tools for managing board farms. It is proven to bequite a handy tool for both developers and tests automation engineers.Although it is provided together with extensive documentation, creating firstown laboratory might be a challenging task. Does it have to be for everynewcomer? During this talk Paweł will guide through the process of setting upown LAVA instance. Starting from LAVA installation, through common post-install tasks, up to running first tests on a brand new board farm. This talk will provide an introduction to setting up and maintaining LAVAlaboratory. Presentation aims at breaking barriers between novice users andthe technology itself. Paweł will also present how to manage LAVAconfiguration and how to easily make deployments automated and reproducible.Materials shared during this talk focus on providing starting points for bothbeginners and experienced LAVA administrators.