This topic describes how to install OceanBase Cloud Platform (OCP) Community Edition.
The detailed instructions of installation tasks help you learn the installation process of OCP Community Edition and allow you to reserve sufficient time for installation.
The following table describes the installation process.
| Task | Subtask | Task description |
|---|---|---|
| Installation planning | User planning | Create the users required for the deployment of OCP Community Edition. |
| Installation planning | Host planning | Prepare the hosts required for the deployment of OCP Community Edition. |
| Installation planning | Disk and directory planning | Prepare the disks and directories required for the deployment of OCP Community Edition. |
| Installation planning | Port planning | Set the ports required for the deployment of OCP Community Edition. |
| Prepare for the installation | Prepare for the installation | Prepare the software packages and documents required for the deployment of OCP Community Edition. |
| Prepare MetaDB and MonitorDB | Deploy OBD | OceanBase Deployer (OBD) is a tool used to install and deploy open source software of OceanBase. Before you can use OBD to deploy open source OceanBase Database, you must install OBD. |
| Prepare MetaDB and MonitorDB | Deploy OceanBase Database | Deploy OceanBase databases to host MetaDB and MonitorDB. |
| Prepare MetaDB and MonitorDB | Create tenants | Create the ocp_meta tenant for MetaDB and the ocp_monitor tenant for MonitorDB. |
| Install OCP | Deploy OCP | Deploy OCP Community Edition. |
| Check after deployment | Check after installation | After you deploy OCP Community Edition, you can check the OCP features, log files, OCP version, time, and Docker container to verify whether OCP Community Edition is installed as expected. |