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title: Installation overview
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Arvados can be installed in multiple ways. Arvados does not depend on any particular cloud operating stack. Arvados runs on one or more GNU/Linux system(s). Arvados is being developed on Debian and Ubuntu GNU/Linux.

The simplest way to try out Arvados is to use the Docker-based installation, which installs Arvados in a series of Docker containers.

For larger scale installations, a manual installation is more appropriate.

h2. Docker

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"Installing with Docker":install-docker.html

h2. Manual installation

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# Set up a cluster, or use Amazon
# Create and mount Keep volumes
# "Install the Single Sign On (SSO) server":install-sso.html
# "Install the Arvados REST API server":install-api-server.html
# "Install the Arvados workbench application":install-workbench-app.html
# "Install the Crunch dispatcher":install-crunch-dispatch.html
# "Create standard objects":create-standard-objects.html
# Install client libraries (see "SDK Reference":{{site.baseurl}}/sdk/index.html).