Install Self-Managed Materialize

You can install Self-Managed Materialize on a Kubernetes cluster running locally or on a cloud provider. Self-Managed Materialize requires:

• A Kubernetes (v1.31+) cluster.
• PostgreSQL as a metadata database.
• Blob storage.
• A license key.

License key

Starting in v26.0, Materialize requires a license key.

License key type	Deployment type	Action
Community	New deployments	To get a license key: If you have a Cloud account, visit the License page in the Materialize Console. If you do not have a Cloud account, visit https://materialize.com/self-managed/community-license/.
Community	Existing deployments	Contact Materialize support.
Enterprise	New deployments	Visit https://materialize.com/self-managed/enterprise-license/ to purchase an Enterprise license.
Enterprise	Existing deployments	Contact Materialize support.

Install

Installation guides

The following installation guides are available:

	Notes
Install locally on kind
Deploy Materialize to AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)	Uses Materialize provided Terraform
Deploy Materialize to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)	Uses Materialize provided Terraform
Deploy Materialize to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)	Uses Materialize provided Terraform

See also:

• AWS Deployment guidelines
• GCP Deployment guidelines
• Azure Deployment guidelines