Installing using packages for commmon OS distributions

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Cloudify packages greatly reduce the initial complexity of the installation process and are the recommended way of installing for new users.

This installation method doesn’t require an active internet connection during the installation process.

Linux

Centos/RHEL

Download the installer
If running in graphical environment, proceed with graphical package installer of your environment by double clicking the file you just downloaded.
Alternatively, in your terminal run the following command (replacing <pkg.rpm> with the path of the file you just downloaded):

  
$ sudo rpm -i <pkg.rpm>

Debian/Ubuntu

Download the installer
If running in graphical environment, proceed with graphical package installer of your environment by double clicking the file you just downloaded.
Alternatively, in your terminal run the following command (replacing <pkg.deb> with the path of the file you just downloaded):

  
$ sudo dpkg -i <pkg.deb>

Windows

The Windows installer is a single executable which installs the following:

Python 2.7.x
Pip
Virtualenv
Cloudify

Installing Prerequisites

Python’s installation requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable. Install it if you stumble upon an error during the Python installation.

Installing Python and Pip

During Python’s setup wizard, you will be able to choose whether to install pip or not. Regardless of what you choose, pip will be installed in the next steps since it is required by Cloudify.

To install on Windows

Download the installer.
Run the installer and follow the installation instructions.
When the installation is finished, double click the new Cloudify icon on your desktop.

Uninstalling

Open Programs and Features by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Programs, and then clicking Programs and Features.
Select Cloudify CLI and then click Uninstall.

Uninstalling Python

Note that uninstalling the package will not remove Python, pip and Virtualenv whether they were or were not installed during the installation process. It is up to the user if they would like to uninstall these components or not.

In order to uninstall Python, follow the same steps as above only choosing Python instead of Cloudify CLI.

OS X

An OS X installer will be provided in the future. For now, you can use the script to install Cloudify on OS X.