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---
id: installation
date: 2017-07-10T23:36:56.503Z
title: Installation
---
Verdaccio is a multiplatform web application, to install you need at least some prerequisites.
#### Prerequisites
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1. Node higher than
- For version *2.x* we support from **4.6.1**
- For version *3.x* we support as minimum **6.12.0**
2. npm *>=3.x* or yarn
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## Installing the CLI
`Verdaccio` must be install globaly using any of the most modern
Using `npm`
```bash
npm install -g verdaccio
```
or using `yarn`
```bash
yarn global add verdaccio
```
> Warning: Verdaccio current is not support PM2's cluster mode, run it with cluster mode may cause unknown behavior
## Basic Usage
Once has been installed you only need to execute the CLI command.
```bash
$> verdaccio
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warn --- config file - /home/.config/verdaccio/config.yaml
warn --- http address - http://localhost:5555/ - verdaccio/3.0.0
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```
For more information about CLI please [read the cli section ](cli.md ).
## Docker Image
`verdaccio` has a official docker image you can use, in the most of cases is good enough just the default configuration, for more information about how to install the official image [read the docker section ](docker.md ).
