Getting Started

How much you need to do to get started with DPRES depends on what you're going to do with it, and whether or not you have access to any existing DPRES components. The following sections contain two different installation/start-up guides – a "quick start" guide for Docker-based test/development installations, and a "bare metal" installation guide.

Quick start with Docker

This is the quickest way to install a complete DPRES stack. All the components are installed in Docker containers and are pre-configured to work together correctly. It's the recommended starting point, since it gives you a complete, correctly configured system to explore and play around with. It also means you can install DPRES on Mac and Windows machines, not only on Linux. Note, however, that some organizations have IT policies that disallow the use of virtualization technology on Windows machines, in which case you will not be able to install DPRES in this way.

Bare metal installation

Use this guide if you want to install the DPRES components directly, without Docker. If you use this method then you are restricted to installing the components on Linux machines. Installing DPRES in this way is more difficult as the various components must be configured to work together correctly. The guide assumes that all the components are being installed on the same machine, but this is not a requirement. You probably don't want to install DPRES this way unless you are a system administrator installing components on production/test hosts or you are prevented from using the Docker method by corporate policies on virtualization technology. If you don't have a clear reason for installing DPRES in this way, then we suggest you use the Docker-based method.