---
title: Set up your InfluxDB cluster
description: >
  Get a basic InfluxDB cluster up and running with as few external
  dependencies as possible and confirm you can write and query data.
menu:
  influxdb3_clustered:
    name: Set up your cluster
    parent: Install InfluxDB Clustered
weight: 101
cascade:
  metadata:
    - Install InfluxDB Clustered
    - 'Phase 1: Set up your cluster'
metadata:
  - Install InfluxDB Clustered
  - Phase 1
---

The first phase of installing InfluxDB Clustered is to get a basic InfluxDB
cluster up and running with as few external dependencies as possible and confirm
you can write and query data.

## Phase 1 steps 

{{< children type="ordered-list" >}}

{{< page-nav next="/influxdb3/clustered/install/set-up-cluster/prerequisites/" nextText="Set up prerequisites" >}}