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title: Install the InfluxData platform
description: Quickly install and configure the InfluxData platform to begin exploring time series data
menu:
  platform:
    name: Install the InfluxData Platform
    weight: 11
    identifier: install-platform
    parent: install-and-deploy-platform
---

To install and configure the **InfluxDB 2.0** platform, see [**InfluxDB Cloud**](/influxdb/cloud/get-started/) or [**InfluxDB OSS 2.0**](/influxdb/v2/get-started/).

To get install and configure the **InfluxData 1.x** platform, use one of the following methods:

- For **non-production** environments. The quickest way to install the InfluxData platform is to [deploy the InfluxData 1.x platform in Docker containers](/platform/install-and-deploy/deploying/sandbox-install).
- For **production** environments. Do one of the following:

  - [Install the open source version of InfluxData 1.x platform](/platform/install-and-deploy/install/oss-install)
  - Install InfluxData 1.x Enterprise:
      1. [Install Telegraf](/telegraf/v1/install/)
      2. [Install InfluxDB Enterprise](/enterprise_influxdb/v1/install-and-deploy/)

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Windows support is experimental.
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