# cfxDimensions Installation

The following guide provides instructions to help you with the installation of the cfxDimensions platform.

The cfxDimensions consists of the following Virtual machines (VMs).

**1.Platform VM** - The platform VM will host two sets of core services required for cfxDimensions. 

***a) Infra Services***:  Database, Object Storage, Message Queue, Application server, Search engine, etc. 

***b) Platform Services***: Service Registry, Notification, Identity Service, Service Provisioner, etc.

**2. Service VM** - Service VMs will host application services ( e.g. cfxOIA, cfxAIA, etc.).

**3. cLambda VM** - cLambda VM will host pre-launched containers for running cLambda jobs (that are needed dynamically for performing various activities. Example, executing a command, collecting data, jobs etc).

**4. cfxCollector VM (Optional)** - This VM will host Gateway and Protowraps to perform discovery and inventory-related operations using various protocols (ICMP, SNMP, Syslog, SSH, RestAPI, APIs, TFTP, Discovery gateway, SNMPTrap, etc). 

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