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-title: Installation overview
+title: Installation options
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+Copyright (C) The Arvados Authors. All rights reserved.
-Arvados components run on GNU/Linux systems, and do not depend on any particular cloud operating stack. It is developed primarily on Debian and Ubuntu GNU/Linux.
+SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-3.0
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-Arvados components can be installed and configured in a number of different ways. Step-by-step instructions are available for a few specific setups:
-# "Install pre-built docker images":pre-built-docker.html *(quickest)*
-# "Build your own docker images":install-docker.html from source
-# "Manual installation":install-manual-prerequisites.html (most flexible)
+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. Although Arvados development is sponsored by Veritas Genetics which offers commercial support, "Arvados is Free Software":{{site.baseurl}}/copying/copying.html and we encourage self supported/community supported installations.
-For production use or evaluation at scale, the "manual installation":install-manual-prerequisites.html is more appropriate. This method assumes you have a number of (virtual) machines at your disposal for running the various Arvados components.
+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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