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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 (v1.29+) cluster.
  • PostgreSQL as a metadata database.
  • Blob storage.

Install locally

Using Docker/kind
Install locally on kind
Using Docker/minikube
Install locally on minikube

Install on cloud provider

Install on AWS
Deploy Materialize to AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
Install on Azure
Deploy Materialize to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Install on GCP
Deploy Materialize to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Also available!

  • Materialize Cloud: Materialize is also available as a managed cloud service. You can sign up for a free trial. For more information, see the Materialize Cloud documentation.

  • Materialize Emulator: You can also run Materialize locally using the Materialize Emulator Docker image. Materialize Emulator offers the fastest, hands-on experience with Materialize but is not suitable for full feature set evaluations or production workloads.

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