Production Installation: Before You Install

Before you begin a production installation of Cloudera Manager, Cloudera Runtime, and other managed services, review the Cloudera Data Platform 7 Requirements and Supported Versions, in addition to the Cloudera Data Platform Release Notes.

For planning, best practices, and recommendations, review the reference architecture for your environment. For example, for on-premises deployments, review the Cloudera Enterprise Reference Architecture for Bare Metal Deployments (PDF).

The following topics describe additional considerations you should be aware of before beginning an installation: