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layout: default
navsection: installguide
-title: Installation overview
+title: Installation options
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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
-
-{% include 'alert_docker' %}
-
-"Installing with Docker":install-docker.html
-
-h2. Manual installation
-
-{% include 'alert_stub' %}
-
-# Set up a cluster, or use Amazon
-# "Install Keep":install-keep.html
-# "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).
+{% comment %}
+Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
+{% endcomment %}
+
+{% include 'notebox_begin' %}
+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
+{% include 'notebox_end' %}
+
+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.
+
+<div class="offset1">
+table(table table-bordered table-condensed).
+|||\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|
+</div>
+
+* ^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
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