---
title: Installing Calico on host endpoints
canonical_url: '/getting-started/bare-metal/installation/'
---

You can use any of the following methods to install Felix on bare metal.

- [Binary from package manager](binary-mgr): On Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Ubuntu, 
  and CentOS hosts, use the package manager to install and run Felix as a binary.
  
- [Binary without package manager](binary): On CoreOS and Debian hosts, you can
  install Felix without a package manager.
  
- [Container](container): On hosts equipped with Docker, you can install `{{site.nodecontainer}}`,
  which contains Felix and all of its dependencies.


