---
layout: default
navsection: installguide
title: Installation options
...
{% comment %}
Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.

SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
{% endcomment %}

Arvados components run on GNU/Linux systems, and do not depend on any particular cloud operating stack.  Arvados supports Debian and derivatives such as Ubuntu, as well as Red Hat and derivatives such as CentOS.

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

<div class="offset1">
table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
||||\6=. _Appropriate for_|
||_Ease of installation_|_Multiuser/Networked_|_Demo_|_Workflow Development_|_Workflow QA/QC_|_Large Scale Production_|_Arvados Software Development_|_Arvados Software Development Testing_|
|"Arvados-in-a-box":arvbox.html (arvbox)|Easy|no|yes|no|no|no|yes|yes|
|"Arvados on Kubernetes":arvados-on-kubernetes.html|Easy ^1^|yes|yes|no ^2^|no ^2^|no ^2^|no|yes|
|"Manual installation":install-manual-prerequisites.html|Complex|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|no|no|
|"Cloud demo":https://cloud.curoverse.com by Curoverse|N/A ^3^|yes|yes|no|no|no|no|no|
|"Cluster Operation Subscription":https://curoverse.com/products by Curoverse|N/A ^3^|yes|yes|yes|yes|yes|no|no|
</div>

* ^1^ Assumes a Kubernetes cluster is available
* ^2^ While Arvados on Kubernetes is not yet ready for production use, it is being developed toward that goal
* ^3^ No installation necessary, Curoverse run and managed