We’re pleased to highlight the CEDAR Dockerized Distribution—a streamlined and developer-friendly way to deploy the entire CEDAR stack locally. Whether you’re evaluating CEDAR for the first time or preparing for a customized production setup, the Docker-based approach is designed to get you up and running with minimal effort.

What’s Included

The CEDAR Docker distribution includes a comprehensive docker-compose setup that brings together all the core components of the CEDAR ecosystem:

• Infrastructure Services
  Core technologies such as MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, and other foundational services.
• CEDAR Microservices
  All key backend services for artifact management, user accounts, authentication, and metadata persistence.
• Web Frontends
  The CEDAR Workbench, OpenView, and other browser-based tools, fully integrated and ready to use.
• cedar-admin Tool
  A command-line utility for configuring and managing your CEDAR instance post-deployment.

Why Use the Docker Version?

Fast and Low-Cost Setup

With a single command, the full CEDAR platform can be deployed on a well-equipped developer machine in 20 to 40 minutes, depending on internet speed. It’s ideal for evaluation, demos, or local development environments.

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