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-title: Installation overview
+title: Installation options
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-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.
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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 can be installed and configured in a number of different ways. Step-by-step instructions are available to perform a production installation from packages with manual configuration. This method assumes you have several (virtual) machines at your disposal for running the various Arvados components.
+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
-* "Docker quick start":arvbox.html
-* "Manual installation":install-manual-prerequisites.html
+Arvados components can be installed and configured in a number of different ways.
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+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|
+|"Automatic single-node install":automatic.html (experimental)|Easy|yes|yes|no|yes|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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