Install Teleport
The guides in this section show you how to install Teleport on your system. As we explain in Core Concepts, Teleport is a distributed system with several components working together across your infrastructure. How you install Teleport depends on:
- Whether you have a Teleport Cloud account or are self-hosting the Teleport Auth Service and Proxy Service
- How you choose to deploy Teleport Agents,
tbot, and any self-hosted plugins like the Event Handler and Access Request plugins - If you are self-hosting, how you choose to deploy the Teleport Auth Service and Proxy Service
Client tools
If you want to download client tools to access Teleport from your workstation,
visit Download Client Tools.
This page also includes client tool downloads for Windows, which does not
support the teleport daemon.
Teleport cluster setup
The easiest way to get started with Teleport is to sign up for a Teleport Cloud account. From there, you can install Teleport Agents so you can enroll your infrastructure with Teleport.
For instructions on installing a teleport binary on a single machine, see
Install Teleport on a Single Machine. The
Teleport Auth Service, Teleport Proxy Service, and Teleport Agent services all
share a binary, though you will need to create a configuration file for each
instance and configure them to communicate with one another as a cluster.
Self-hosted Teleport clusters
Read Deploy Teleport Community Edition to get started with a small self-hosted demo cluster.
For self-hosted Teleport Enterprise accounts, deployments typically take place in conversation with the team at Teleport. We recommend reaching out to us directly to learn more about getting started with this deployment option and start planning your approach.
You can read more about setting up a self-hosted cluster in Deploy a Cluster.