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# NATS Server Installation
NATS philosophy is simplicity. Installation is just decompressing a zip file and copying the binary to an appropriate directory; you can also use your favorite package manager. Here's a list of different ways you can install or run NATS:
- [Docker](#installing-via-docker)
- [Kubernetes](#installing-on-kubernetes-with-nats-operator)
- [Package Manager](#installing-via-a-package-manager)
- [Release Zip](#downloading-a-release-build)
- [Development Build](#installing-from-the-source)
### Installing via Docker
With Docker you can install the server easily without scattering binaries and other artifacts on your system. The only pre-requisite is to [install docker](https://docs.docker.com/install).
```
> docker pull nats:latest
latest: Pulling from library/nats
Digest: sha256:0c98cdfc4332c0de539a064bfab502a24aae18ef7475ddcc7081331502327354
Status: Image is up to date for nats:latest
docker.io/library/nats:latest
```
To run NATS on Docker:
```
> docker run -p 4222:4222 -ti nats:latest
[1] 2019/05/24 15:42:58.228063 [INF] Starting nats-server version #.#.#
[1] 2019/05/24 15:42:58.228115 [INF] Git commit [#######]
[1] 2019/05/24 15:42:58.228201 [INF] Starting http monitor on 0.0.0.0:8222
[1] 2019/05/24 15:42:58.228740 [INF] Listening for client connections on 0.0.0.0:4222
[1] 2019/05/24 15:42:58.228765 [INF] Server is ready
[1] 2019/05/24 15:42:58.229003 [INF] Listening for route connections on 0.0.0.0:6222
```
More information on [containerized NATS is available here](/nats_docker/README.md).
### Installing on Kubernetes with NATS Operator
Installation via the NATS Operator is beyond this tutorial. You can read about the [NATS
Operator](https://github.com/nats-io/nats-operator) here.
### Installing via a Package Manager
On Windows:
```
> choco install nats-server
```
On Mac OS:
```
> brew install nats-server
```
To test your installation (provided the executable is visible to your shell):
```
> nats-server
[41634] 2019/05/13 09:42:11.745919 [INF] Starting nats-server version 2.0.0
[41634] 2019/05/13 09:42:11.746240 [INF] Listening for client connections on 0.0.0.0:4222
...
[41634] 2019/05/13 09:42:11.746249 [INF] Server id is NBNYNR4ZNTH4N2UQKSAAKBAFLDV3PZO4OUYONSUIQASTQT7BT4ZF6WX7
[41634] 2019/05/13 09:42:11.746252 [INF] Server is ready
```
### Downloading a Release Build
You can find the latest release of nats-server [here](https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/latest).
Download the zip file matching your systems architecture, and unzip. For this example, assuming version 2.0.0 of the server and a Linux AMD64:
```
> curl -L https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/download/v2.0.0/nats-server-v2.0.0-linux-amd64.zip -o nats-server.zip
> unzip nats-server.zip -d nats-server
Archive: nats-server.zip
creating: nats-server-v2.0.0-darwin-amd64/
inflating: nats-server-v2.0.0-darwin-amd64/README.md
inflating: nats-server-v2.0.0-darwin-amd64/LICENSE
inflating: nats-server-v2.0.0darwin-amd64/nats-server
> cp nats-server-v2.0.0darwin-amd64/nats-server /usr/local/bin
```
### Installing From the Source
If you have Go installed, installing the binary is easy:
```
> go get github.com/nats-io/nats-server
```
This mechanism will install a build of [master](https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server), which almost certainly will not be a released version. If you are a developer and want to play with the latest, this is the easiest way.
To test your installation (provided the $GOPATH/bin is set):
```
> nats-server
[41634] 2019/05/13 09:42:11.745919 [INF] Starting nats-server version 2.0.0
[41634] 2019/05/13 09:42:11.746240 [INF] Listening for client connections on 0.0.0.0:4222
...
[41634] 2019/05/13 09:42:11.746249 [INF] Server id is NBNYNR4ZNTH4N2UQKSAAKBAFLDV3PZO4OUYONSUIQASTQT7BT4ZF6WX7
[41634] 2019/05/13 09:42:11.746252 [INF] Server is ready
```