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Installing CKAN

Before you can use CKAN on your own computer, you need to install it. There are three ways to install CKAN:

  1. Install from an operating system package
  2. Install from source
  3. Install using a Docker image

From package is the quickest and easiest way to install CKAN, but it requires Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit or Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. You should install CKAN from package if:

  • You want to install CKAN on an Ubuntu 14.04 or 12.04, 64-bit server, and
  • You only want to run one CKAN website per server

See :doc:`install-from-package`.

You should install CKAN from source if:

  • You want to install CKAN on a 32-bit computer, or
  • You want to install CKAN on a different version of Ubuntu, not 14.04 or 12.04, or
  • You want to install CKAN on another operating system (eg. RedHat, CentOS, OS X), or
  • You want to run multiple CKAN websites on the same server, or
  • You want to install CKAN for development

See :doc:`install-from-source`.

You should install using Docker if:

  • You want to deploy CKAN on any server that can run Docker, regardless of operating system
  • You want a deployment mechanism that remains the same as you move from vanilla CKAN to a heavily customised deployment

See :doc:`install-using-docker`.

If you've already setup a CKAN website and want to upgrade it to a newer version of CKAN, see :doc:`/maintaining/upgrading/index`.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   install-from-package
   install-from-source
   install-using-docker
   deployment