The local cluster setup on a single host is intended for development and learning. For production deployment, performance benchmarking, or deploying a true multi-node on multi-host setup, see [Deploy YugabyteDB](/stable/deploy/).
## Install YugabyteDB
Installing YugabyteDB involves completing [prerequisites](#prerequisites) and [downloading the YugabyteDB package](#download).
### Prerequisites
{{% readfile "include-prerequisites-linux.md" %}}
#### ulimits
Because each tablet maps to its own file, you can create a very large number of files in the current shell by experimenting with several hundred tables and several tablets per table. You need to [configure ulimit values](/stable/deploy/manual-deployment/system-config/#set-ulimits).
### Download
The following instructions are for downloading the Preview release of YugabyteDB, which is recommended for development and testing only. For other versions, see [Releases](/stable/releases/).
YugabyteDB supports both x86 and ARM (aarch64) CPU architectures. Download packages ending in `x86_64.tar.gz` to run on x86, and packages ending in `aarch64.tar.gz` to run on ARM.
Download and extract YugabyteDB as follows:
{{< tabpane text=true >}}
{{% tab header="x86" lang="x86" %}}
```sh
wget https://software.yugabyte.com/releases/{{< yb-version version="stable">}}/yugabyte-{{< yb-version version="stable" format="build">}}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
echo "$(curl -L https://software.yugabyte.com/releases/{{< yb-version version="stable">}}/yugabyte-{{< yb-version version="stable" format="build">}}-linux-x86_64-tar.gz.sha) *yugabyte-{{< yb-version version="stable" format="build">}}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | shasum --check && \
tar xvfz yugabyte-{{< yb-version version="stable" format="build">}}-linux-x86_64.tar.gz && cd yugabyte-{{< yb-version version="stable">}}/
```
{{% /tab %}}
{{% tab header="aarch64" lang="aarch64" %}}
```sh
wget https://software.yugabyte.com/releases/{{< yb-version version="stable">}}/yugabyte-{{< yb-version version="stable" format="build">}}-el8-aarch64.tar.gz
echo "$(curl -L https://software.yugabyte.com/releases/{{< yb-version version="stable">}}/yugabyte-{{< yb-version version="stable" format="build">}}-el8-aarch64-tar.gz.sha) *yugabyte-{{< yb-version version="stable" format="build">}}-el8-aarch64.tar.gz" | shasum --check && \
tar xvfz yugabyte-{{< yb-version version="stable" format="build">}}-el8-aarch64.tar.gz && cd yugabyte-{{< yb-version version="stable">}}/
```
{{% /tab %}}
{{< /tabpane >}}
### Configure
To configure YugabyteDB, run the following shell script:
```sh
./bin/post_install.sh
```
## Create a local cluster
Use the [yugabyted](/stable/reference/configuration/yugabyted/) utility to create and manage universes.
To create a single-node local cluster with a replication factor (RF) of 1, run the following command:
```sh
./bin/yugabyted start --advertise_address 127.0.0.1
```
Note: By default, yugabyted on Linux-based machines binds to the internal IP address. If it fails to do so, set the --advertise_address flag.
{{< readfile "/stable/quick-start/include-connect.md" >}}
## Build an application
Applications connect to and interact with YugabyteDB using API client libraries (also known as client drivers). This section shows how to connect applications to your cluster using your favorite programming language.
### Choose your language
Choose the language you want to use to build your application.
{{< readfile "/stable/quick-start-yugabytedb-managed/quick-start-buildapps-include.md" >}}
Use a cloud cluster
Use a local cluster