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-title: Installation overview
+title: Installation options
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+Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
-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.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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-The simplest way to try out Arvados is to use the "Docker-based installation":install-docker.html, which installs Arvados in a series of Docker containers.
+Arvados components run on GNU/Linux systems, and supports multiple cloud operating stacks. Arvados supports Debian and derivatives such as Ubuntu, as well as Red Hat and derivatives such as CentOS.
-For production use or evaluation at scale, a "Manual Installation":install-manual-overview.html is more appropriate.
+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|
+||_. Ease of setup|_. Multiuser/networked access|_. Workflow Development and Testing|_. Large Scale Production|_. Development of Arvados|_. Arvados System Testing|
+|"Arvados-in-a-box":arvbox.html (arvbox)|Easy|no|yes|no|yes|yes|
+|"Arvados on Kubernetes":arvados-on-kubernetes.html|Easy ^1^|yes|yes ^2^|no ^2^|no|yes|
+|"Manual installation":install-manual-prerequisites.html|Complicated|yes|yes|yes|no|no|
+|"Arvados Playground":https://playground.arvados.org hosted by Veritas Genetics|N/A ^3^|yes|yes|no|no|no|
+|"Cluster Operation Subscription":https://curoverse.com/products supported by Veritas Genetics|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 installation necessary, Veritas Genetics run and managed
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