Installing Cloudify
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You are looking at documentation for an older release. Not what you want? Go to the current release documentation.To start using Cloudify, you must first install it.
Installing using packages
Currently, packages are distributed for Centos 6+/RHEL 6+, Debian 7+/Ubuntu 14+ and Windows (all packages are provided for x64 only).
Windows
To install on Windows:
- Download the installer from the Downloads page corresponding with the version you would like to install.
- Run the executable installer.
- Follow the installation instructions.
- When the installation is finished, double click the new Cloudify icon on your desktop.
After the installation is complete, try running cfy -h in your terminal.
Linux
Centos/RHEL
- Download the installer from the Downloads page corresponding with the version you would like to install.
- Open a terminal at the directory where you downloaded the file.
- Run (replacing
<pkg.rpm>with the path to the file you downloaded):
$ sudo rpm -i <pkg.rpm>
...
After the installation is complete, try running cfy -h in your terminal.
Debian/Ubuntu
- Download the installer from the Downloads page corresponding with the version you would like to install.
- Open a terminal at the directory where you downloaded the file.
- Run (replacing
<pkg.deb>with the path to the file you downloaded):
$ sudo dpkg -i <pkg.deb>
...
After the installation is complete, try running cfy -h in your terminal.
Installing using an installation script
A script is supplied for you to install Cloudify on Linux, Windows and OS X.
Prerequisites
To install using the script, you must have Python 2.7.x preinstalled.
Prerequisites Installation
By default, this script will not install any prerequisites (like pip, or any required compilers). You can supply it with the --force flag which will install all prerequisites without prompting you for anything other than a sudoer password (if required).
Note that the script requires an internet connection.
Run python get-cloudify.py -h for additional information.
Installation
You can download the script from here
Then, run sudo python get-cloudify.py on Linux or OS X and python get-cloudify.py on Windows.
After the installation is complete, try running cfy -h in your terminal.
Which method should I use?
Our provided packages should be used unless one of the following applies:
- You’re installing on OS X or a Linux distribution not supported by one of the installers.
- You don’t have sudo privileges on Linux.
- For development purposes.
If one of the above applies, you should use the installation script.
That’s it! Cloudify is installed. You can now try using it to deploy your first application.