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This section is about installing an Arvados cluster.  If you are just looking to install Arvados client tools and libraries, "go to the SDK section.":{{site.baseurl}}/sdk/
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Arvados components run on GNU/Linux systems, and supports AWS, GCP and Azure cloud platforms as well as on-premises installs.  Arvados supports Debian and derivatives such as Ubuntu, as well as Red Hat and derivatives such as CentOS.  "Arvados is Free Software":{{site.baseurl}}/user/copying/copying.html and self-install installations are not limited in any way.  Commercial support and development are also available from "Curii Corporation.":mailto:info@curii.com

Arvados components can be installed and configured in a number of different ways.

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|||\5=. Appropriate for|
||_. Setup difficulty|_. Multiuser/networked access|_. Workflow Development and Testing|_. Large Scale Production|_. Development of Arvados|_. Arvados Evaluation|
|"Arvados-in-a-box":arvbox.html (arvbox)|Easy|no|yes|no|yes|yes|
|"Installation with Salt":salt-single-host.html (single host)|Easy|no|yes|no|yes|yes|
|"Installation with Salt":salt-multi-host.html (multi host)|Moderate|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|
|"Arvados on Kubernetes":arvados-on-kubernetes.html|Easy ^1^|yes|yes ^2^|no ^2^|no|yes|
|"Manual installation":install-manual-prerequisites.html|Hard|yes|yes|yes|no|no|
|"Cluster Operation Subscription supported by Curii":mailto:info@curii.com|N/A ^3^|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|
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* ^1^ Assumes a Kubernetes cluster is available
* ^2^ Arvados on Kubernetes is under development and not yet ready for production use
* ^3^ No user installation necessary, Curii run and managed