Installation

Choose Your Installation Method

Java 17 or higher required — Make sure it's installed and available on your machine.

Download

Download the latest version of PoloCloud from our GitHub Releases page. You can download the Launcher polocloud-launcher.jar or the pre-made Zip polocloud-v3.0.0-pre-4.zip.

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Startup

Choose your preferred installation method:

You can run the PoloCloud by opening a terminal in the folder and typing:

java -jar polocloud-launcher.jar

Extract the Zip file to a folder of your choice, then run the launcher by double-clicking:

Linux / macOS

start.sh

Windows

start.bat

Docker Installation Coming Soon

Docker support is currently under development. This will allow you to run PoloCloud in containers for better isolation and easier deployment.

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Kubernetes Installation Coming Soon

Kubernetes support is under active development. This will enable you to run PoloCloud at scale with automated deployment, scaling, and management.

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Folder Structure

After the first startup, you will see a folder structure like this:

config.json

polocloud-launcher.jar

Name	Description
`local/`	Main runtime folder with all PoloCloud data
`local/dependencies/`	Downloaded dependencies
`local/groups/`	Server group configurations
`local/libs/`	Our own libs to run polocloud
`local/metadata/platforms`	Platform configurations
`local/metadata/tasks`	Required tasks to run platforms in PoloCloud
`local/templates/`	Templates for the platforms
`temp/`	The platforms are placed here while running
`config.json`	Main configuration file for PoloCloud
`polocloud-launcher.jar`	The main executable to launch PoloCloud