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There are many ways to install and run Ozone. Starting from simple docker
deployments on
local nodes, to full scale multi-node cluster deployment on
Kubernetes or bare-metal.
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<span class="label label-warning label-">Easy Start</span>

<h2>Running Ozone from Docker Hub</h2>

You can try out Ozone using docker hub without downloading the official release. This makes it easy to explore Ozone.
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  The simplest and easiest way to start an ozone cluster
      to explore what it can do is to start ozone via docker.
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<span class="label label-success">Recommended</span>


<h2>Running Ozone from an Official Release</h2>

 Apache Ozone can also be run from the official release packages. Along with the official source releases, we also release a set of convenience binary packages. It is easy to run these binaries in different configurations.
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Ozone is optimized for physical hosts. The physical cluster instructions explain each component of Ozone and how to deploy with maximum control.
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Ozone is designed to work well under Kubernetes. These are instructions to deploy Ozone on K8s. Ozone provides a replicated storage solution for K8s based apps.
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Ozone comes with a standard set of K8s resources. You can deploy them to MiniKube and experiment with the K8s based deployments.
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 We also ship standard docker files with official release. These are part of official release and not depend upon Docker Hub.
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<span class="label label-danger">Hadoop Ninja</span>

<h2>Building From Sources </h2>

 Instructions to build Ozone from source to create deployment packages.

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If you are a Hadoop ninja, and wise in the ways of Apache, you already know that a real Apache release is a source release. We believe that even ninjas need help at times.
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