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Installation overview
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.. contents::
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.. include:: _overview.rst

.. include:: _requirements.rst


package repository
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CloudStack is only distributed from source from the official mirrors.
However, members of the CloudStack community may build convenience
binaries so that users can install Apache CloudStack without needing to
build from source.

If you didn't follow the steps to build your own packages from source in
the sections for `“Building RPMs from Source” 
<../building_from_source.html#building-rpms-from-source>`_ or 
`“Building DEB packages” <../building_from_source.html#building-deb-packages>`_ 
you may find pre-built DEB and RPM packages for your convenience linked from 
the `downloads <http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html>`_ page.

.. note::
   These repositories contain both the Management Server and KVM Hypervisor 
   packages.