This article provides an overview of how to deploy and start using Exasol in your own environment.
Step 1: Installation and configuration
You can install Exasol 8 as a Linux application on your own hardware or on VM instances on a cloud service such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
To learn more about how to install Exasol as an application, see Installation.
Step 2: Connect tools and install drivers
Once you have installed Exasol you can do the following:
Step 3: Load data
After you have connected your choice of tools to Exasol, you can start loading data into Exasol and process it.
To learn more about loading data into Exasol, see Load Data.
Step 4: Administration
When your Exasol system is up and running you may want to perform various administration tasks, such as scaling your system, managing storage, adding users, and so on.
To learn more about administration tasks in Exasol, see Administration.
