# Installation Instructions

## Choose your Target Platform

If you want to install Squidex on a bare metal server or virtual machine.

* [Install with IIS under Windows](/id-01-getting-started/installation/platforms/install-on-iis.md)
* [Install with Docker (Linux, OS X, Windows)](/id-01-getting-started/installation/platforms/install-on-docker.md)

## Choose your Cloud provider

If you want to install Squidex in the Cloud.

* [Install on Azure App Service](/id-01-getting-started/installation/platforms/install-on-azure.md)
* [Install as Azure Containers (ARM)](/id-01-getting-started/installation/platforms/install-on-azure-arm.md)
* [Install on AWS](/id-01-getting-started/installation/platforms/install-on-aws.md)
* [Install on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](https://github.com/Squidex/squidex-docs2/blob/master/01-getting-started/installation/broken-reference/README.md)
* [Install on Heroku](/id-01-getting-started/installation/platforms/install-on-heroku.md)
* [Install on Render](/id-01-getting-started/installation/platforms/install-on-render.md)
* [Install on VULTR](/id-01-getting-started/installation/platforms/install-on-vultr.md)

## How to Configure Squidex

For all installations.

* [Configuration Options](/id-01-getting-started/installation/configuration.md)

## Optional: Configure Squidex.Identity

To provide user authentication for your end users.

* [How to use Squidex Identity](https://github.com/Squidex/squidex-docs2/tree/8d35c365b74878aa247c2d0b90867aceea77df1b/01-getting-started/identity/use-squidex-identity.md)


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