AppScale

Try AppScale on GCE

Required: A Google Cloud Platform account

1) Make sure you have a network suitable for AppScale (learn more)

2) Get the latest AppScale image (learn more)

3) Create a GCE instance of the latest AppScale image with at least 4GB of RAM (e.g. machine type: 2 vCPUs, 7.5 GB memory, n1-standard-2) using the AppScale network

4) Log into the GCE instance as root (learn more)

Try AppScale on AWS

Required: An AWS account

1) Make sure you have a network suitable for AppScale (learn more)

2) Start an EC2 instance of the latest AppScale AMI (default availability zone: us-east-1a) with at least 4GB of RAM (e.g. instance type: m3.large) using the AppScale network

3) Log into the EC2 instance as root (learn more)

Try AppScale on Docker

Required: Docker Engine with at least 4GB RAM

1) Pull the latest AppScale version by running:
docker pull appscale/appscale:latest

2) Start the container by running:
docker run -i -t appscale/appscale:latest /bin/bash

3) Go into the root home directory with:
cd /root

Try AppScale on Vagrant

Required: Vagrant and VirtualBox

1) Setup your Vagrant environment with the latest AppScale box by running:
curl -o Vagrantfile https://s3.amazonaws.com/appscale_CDN/files/Vagrantfile_template

2) Start your Vagrant virtual machine by running:
vagrant up

3) Log into the Vagrant virtual machine as root (learn more)

Building AppScale from Source

Required: Ubuntu Xenial machine with at least 8GB RAM

1) Log into your Ubuntu Xenial system as root (learn more)

2) Install AppScale by running:
wget -O bootstrap.sh https://bootstrap.appscale.com && bash ./bootstrap.sh