Native cloud deployment on Azure is currently not available for Exasol 8, but you can install Exasol as a Linux application on Azure instances. For more information, see Installation.

Native cloud deployment on Google Cloud is currently not available for Exasol 8, but you can install Exasol as a Linux application on Google Cloud instances. For more information, see Installation.

Create the Exasol user

When you have configured the necessary network settings, the next step is to create a dedicated user for the Exasol software on each host. This user must have sudo privileges to be able to install and update Exasol.

Create a user

You must create a dedicated user for the Exasol software on each database host. This user must have sudo privileges and a system shell that allows access over SSH.

The name of the installation user can be set freely within the restrictions of the operating system, but must be identical on all hosts. In the following examples, the installation user is called exasol.

To install Exasol for a non-root user, some additional configuration steps are required. For more information, see Rootless Installation.

In the following examples the installation user is created by a user that has sudo privileges. If you carry out this operation as root, omit the sudo command.

Create the user exasol with a corresponding home directory in /home/user:
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```
sudo adduser -m exasol
```
Add the user to the sudoers group:
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```
sudo usermod -aG sudo exasol
```
Assign a password for the user:
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```
sudo passwd exasol
```
Log out (or create a new session) and log in as the user exasol.
Verify that the user has sudo privileges using sudo whoami. The command should return root.
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```
sudo whoami
root
```
Repeat steps 1 to 5 on each of the database hosts.

Create the Exasol user

Create a user

Next step: Configure SSH

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