# Install and configure a compute node

This section describes how to install and configure the Compute service on a compute node for Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS Stream.

The service supports several hypervisors to deploy instances or virtual machines (VMs). For simplicity, this configuration uses the Quick EMUlator (QEMU) hypervisor with the kernel-based VM (KVM) extension on compute nodes that support hardware acceleration for virtual machines. On legacy hardware, this configuration uses the generic QEMU hypervisor. You can follow these instructions with minor modifications to horizontally scale your environment with additional compute nodes.

Note

This section assumes that you are following the instructions in this guide step-by-step to configure the first compute node. If you want to configure additional compute nodes, prepare them in a similar fashion to the first compute node in the example architectures section. Each additional compute node requires a unique IP address.

- Install and configure a compute node for Ubuntu
  - Install and configure components
  - Finalize installation
  - Add the compute node to the cell database
- Install and configure a compute node for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS
  - Install and configure components
  - Finalize installation
  - Add the compute node to the cell database

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