---
description: An overview of installing KumoMTA from a repository, as a Docker container, or from source, plus guidance on architecture, environment, and hardware.
---

# Installation Overview

This chapter starts with information regarding how to architect your deployment, what environment and hardware to select, as well as descriptions of supported operating systems. We recommend reading this chapter in order before jumping to the chapter for your install environment of choice.

KumoMTA can be installed from a repository, as a Docker container, or can be built from source.

For instructions on installing from a repository, see the [Installing on Linux](linux.md) page.

For instructions on installing the Docker container, see the [Installing on Docker](docker.md) page.

For instructions on building from source, see the [Building from Source](source.md) page.

Once installed, [Configure](../configuration/concepts.md) and [Start](../operation/starting.md) your server.
