It is possible to install Apama in different ways, as described below.

You can install Apama using the Software AG Installer, which you download from the Software AG Empower website at https://empower.softwareag.com/. You can find it in the Software Download Center (SDC).

On Windows, you will normally use the graphical installation mode (that is, the Software AG Installer GUI). On UNIX, you will either use the graphical mode or console mode. However, the Software AG Installer also has options for scripted (that is, silent or headless) execution of the Installer, and for creating installation images that contain all the downloaded artifacts required to run the Installer locally without connecting to a server. For detailed information, see the Using Software AG Installer guide at https://documentation.softwareag.com/.

For more information, see Installing Apama Using the Software AG Installer.

Alternatively, you can install Apama using Command Central. For more information, see Installing Apama Using Command Central.

You can install the same Apama version more than once on the same machine. And you can also install several different versions of Apama on the same machine. This may be necessary to test a new version before it is taken over into a production environment. Each version, however, must be installed in a separate directory. For example, when Apama is already installed in a directory named SoftwareAG, you can install a second instance of Apama in a directory named SoftwareAG2.

Some Apama releases are delivered as service packs which are to be installed using Software AG Update Manager or Command Central's fix installation functionality after the base major.minor.0 version has been installed using Software AG Installer or Command Central. The Apama Release Notes may have more information about the end of support for a specific service pack version. Note that the support lifetime for a service pack may be different, depending on the base version on which the service pack is installed.

Software AG has a presence on the Docker Hub image repository. Several images are available for Software AG products. Apama offers several runtime images to run instances of the correlator application. These images differ based on which external connectivity features are required. Apama also offers several buildtime images to be used as part of a multi-stage build to deploy Apama projects, corresponding to the runtime images. See https://hub.docker.com/search?q=softwareag%2F&type=image for the published images.

Alternatively, images for several products, including Apama, may be built from an installation using scripts included in the installation. For more information, see Introduction to Apama in Docker.

On Debian-based Linux distributions, you can install Apama using the default package management tool. For more information, see Installing Apama Using Debian apt.

The Apama Community Edition is a freemium version of Apama that can be used to get familiar with Apama. It does not need a license and therefore has restricted functionality (see also License Terms and Technical Restrictions).

To install the freemium version, you have to use the Community Edition installer (available from https://www.apamacommunity.com/) which comes as a single .zip or .tar.gz file that can be installed without connecting to Empower.

There are two different types of community edition: