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Before installing Redis Software, you need to:

• Set up your hardware. See [Hardware requirements]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/hardware-requirements.md" >}}) and [Persistent and ephemeral node storage ]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/persistent-ephemeral-storage" >}}) for more information.

• Choose your [deployment platform]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/supported-platforms.md" >}}).

  Redis Software supports a variety of platforms, including:

  • Multiple Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), IBM CentOS, Oracle Linux)
  • [Amazon AWS AMI]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/configuring-aws-instances" >}})
  • [Docker container]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/quickstarts/docker-quickstart" >}}) (for development and testing only)
  • [Kubernetes]({{< relref "/operate/kubernetes" >}})

  For more details, see [Supported platforms]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/plan-deployment/supported-platforms.md" >}}).

• Open appropriate [network ports]({{< relref "/operate/rs/networking/port-configurations.md" >}}) in the firewall to allow connections to the nodes.

• Configure [cluster DNS]({{< relref "/operate/rs/networking/cluster-dns.md" >}}) so that cluster nodes can reach each other by DNS names.

• By default, the installation process requires an internet connection to install dependencies and synchronize the operating system clock. To learn more, see [Offline installation]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/offline-installation" >}}).

• [Configure different mount points for data and log directories]({{<relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/customize-install-directories#config-diff-data-log-dirs">}}).

Next steps

After you finish planning your deployment, you can:

• [Download an installation package]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/prepare-install/download-install-package" >}}).

• [Prepare to install]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/prepare-install" >}}) Redis Software.

• [View installation questions]({{< relref "/operate/rs/installing-upgrading/install/manage-installation-questions" >}}) and prepare answers before installation.