# What do I need to deploy Vertica for a trial/proof-of-concept?

Software Trial

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- Posted at: over 9 years ago
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## Comments
### Comment 1

1) To download a free version of Vertica server go to
https://www.vertica.com/try
It will let you to install Vertica on up to 3 nodes, and store up to 1 TB of structured and semi-structured data.
2) To download all clients (also free) go to: https://www.vertica.com/download/vertica
3) After you download the bits read the installation instructions here:
https://www.vertica.com/docs/10.0.x/HTML/Content/Authoring/InstallationGuide/Other/InstallingManually.htm
For functionality tests one can omit the OS tuning and run the main 3 commands to start working immediately. 
On CentOS for example, as user root: 
A. rpm -Uvh Vertica_RPM_pathname_and_file_name
B. Define where you want the DB and catalog to be located or create dir /data and /catalog
C. /opt/vertica/sbin/install_vertica -s Your_node_IP -r vertica_file.rpm -u dbadmin -d /data -failure-threshold NONE
D. /opt/vertica/bin/admintools -t create_db -s Your_node_IP -d Your_DB_Name -c /catalog -D /data 
E. As dbadmin user use VSQL GUI to start working:
/opt/vertica/bin/vsql


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- Posted at: about 6 years ago




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