title: How to install ucloud
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**THIS SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION**

![under construction](/underconstruction.jpg)

## Introduction

To operate ucloud, you need the following components:

* etcd: an easy to use, distributed data base
* uotp: an easy to use **o**ne **t**ime **p**assword implementation
* ucloud-api: allows to communicate with ucloud and is the only public
  entrance point
* ucloud-scheduler: schedules VMs to hosts

## Installation steps for system requirements

### etcd

The installation and configuration of a production grade etcd cluster
is out of scope of this manual. For testing purposes, you can just
install etcd and run it as follows:

```
etcd
```

Arch Linux:

Install etcd from AUR, for instance via yaourt:

```
yaourt -S etcd
```

### pipenv

Arch Linux:

```
sudo pacman -Syu python-pipenv
```

## Installation steps for ucloud components

### uotp

TBD

### ucloud-api

```
git clone https://code.ungleich.ch/ucloud/ucloud-api
cd ucloud-api
pipenv install
pipenv shell
python main.py
```