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  1. Overview
    1. Installation options
  2. Docker quick start
    1. Arvados-in-a-box
  3. Installation with Salt
    1. Salt prerequisites
    2. Arvados in a VM with Vagrant
    3. Single host Arvados
    4. Multi host Arvados
  4. Arvados on Kubernetes
    1. Arvados on Kubernetes
    2. Arvados on Minikube
    3. Arvados on GKE
  5. Manual installation
    1. Planning and prerequisites
    2. Arvados package repositories
    3. Upgrading Arvados and Release notes
  6. Configuration
    1. Configuration files
    2. Migrating Configuration from v1.4 to v2.0
    3. Configuration reference
  7. Core
    1. Install API server and Controller
  8. Keep
    1. Install Keepstore servers
    2. Configure filesystem storage
    3. Configure S3 object storage
    4. Configure Azure Blob storage
    5. Install Keepproxy server
    6. Install Keep-web server
    7. Install Keep-balance
  9. User interface
    1. Set up web based login
    2. Install the websocket server
    3. Install Workbench
    4. Install Workbench 2
    5. Install Composer
  10. Additional services
    1. Set up a shell node
    2. Configure webshell
    3. Install the Git server
  11. Containers API (cloud)
    1. Install arvados/jobs image
    2. Build a cloud compute node image
    3. Install the cloud dispatcher
  12. Containers API (slurm)
    1. Install the Slurm dispatcher
    2. Configure Slurm
    3. Set up a Slurm compute node
    4. Test Slurm dispatch
  13. External dependencies
    1. Install PostgreSQL 9.4+
    2. Install Ruby and Bundler
    3. Install Nginx
    4. Set up Docker

Installation options

Note:

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.

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 and self-install installations are not limited in any way. Commercial support and development are also available from Curii Corporation.

Arvados components can be installed and configured in a number of different ways.

Appropriate for
Setup difficulty Multiuser/networked access Workflow Development and Testing Large Scale Production Development of Arvados Arvados Evaluation
Arvados-in-a-box (arvbox) Easy no yes no yes yes
Installation with Salt (single host) Easy no yes no yes yes
Installation with Salt (multi host) Moderate yes yes yes yes yes
Arvados on Kubernetes Easy 1 yes yes 2 no 2 no yes
Manual installation Hard yes yes yes no no
Cluster Operation Subscription supported by Curii N/A 3 yes yes yes yes yes
  • 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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Code samples in this documentation are licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.