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title: Getting Started
weight: 20
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## On Sandbox

We offer a sandbox installation that is free for everyone to try out hawkBit's [Management UI](/hawkbit/ui/), 
[Management API](/hawkbit/apis/management_api/), and [Direct Device Integration API](/hawkbit/apis/ddi_api/).

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The hawkBit sandbox is currently unavailable. [More infos ...](/hawkbit/sandbox/sandboxunavailable/)
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In addition, the following vendors offer free trial accounts for their Eclipse hawkBit compatible products:

* [Bosch IoT Rollouts](https://www.bosch-iot-suite.com/rollouts/#plans) (by [Bosch Software Innovations GmbH](https://www.bosch-si.com/corporate/home/homepage.html))


## From Docker Image

### Update server only

```sh
$ docker run -d -p 8080:8080 hawkbit/hawkbit-update-server
```

### Updates server + MySql + RabbitMq

```sh
$ git clone https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit.git
$ cd hawkbit/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-update-server/docker
$ docker-compose up -d
```
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Requires Docker-Compose installed.
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## From Sources

### 1: Clone and build hawkBit
```sh
$ git clone https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit.git
$ cd hawkbit
$ mvn clean install
```

### 2: Start hawkBit [update server](https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit/tree/master/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-update-server)

```sh
$ java -jar ./hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-update-server/target/hawkbit-update-server-#version#-SNAPSHOT.jar
```

### 3: Build hawkBit examples

```sh
$ git clone https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit-examples.git
$ cd hawkbit-examples
$ mvn clean install
```

### 4: Start hawkBit [Device Simulator](https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit-examples/tree/master/hawkbit-device-simulator)
```sh
$ java -jar ./hawkbit-device-simulator/target/hawkbit-device-simulator-#version#.jar
```

### 5: Generate Getting Started data with [Example Management API Client](https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit-examples/tree/master/hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator)

```sh
$ java -jar ./hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator/target/hawkbit-example-mgmt-simulator-#version#.jar
```