Installation
Install Arc Enterprise on Docker, native Linux packages, Kubernetes, or the AWS Marketplace AMI, including where the license key and cluster role are set for each target.
Arc Enterprise ships as the same binary as Arc OSS. Every install target below is the OSS install plus a license key — set ARC_LICENSE_KEY, or the [license] section of arc.toml, and the licensed features activate on startup.
Which target you pick mostly determines how you will run a cluster later. Docker and native installs place one node per host and you assign roles yourself; the Helm chart models writer, reader, and compactor as separate workloads from the start.
Docker
Single node in a container, with a mounted data volume and a storage backend chosen by environment variable.
Native
Install from .deb or .rpm packages, or build from source, and run under systemd.
Kubernetes
Deploy a multi-node cluster with Helm: separate writer, reader, and compactor workloads.
AWS Marketplace
Launch a pre-configured AMI; licensing is handled through your AWS subscription.
After installation, continue with Configuration to set the storage backend and cluster role.