Imply on-prem overview

The documentation in this section describes how to deploy Imply as a standalone package in on-prem or non-AWS cloud environments. For AWS deployments, we strongly recommend that you use Imply Cloud.

The easiest way to evaluate Imply as standalone software is to install it on a single machine using the quickstart.

For on-prem installations, Imply bundles Druid and Imply UI in a single, easy-to-install package. It can be run in any configuration supported by the underlying components.

Imply compared to stock Druid

Installing Imply on-prem offers several advantages over stock Druid:

• Imply includes a tested, stable release of Druid.
• Imply includes scripts to easily start and supervise servers and assist with ingesting data.
• Imply includes an interactive visualization interface for exploring and explaining data.
• Imply includes a SQL IDE for issuing Druid SQL queries.
• Imply includes a data loader interface for easily adding new datasets to Druid.
• Imply packaging enables less resources to be used for POCs and small production deployments.

It is easy to migrate to and from stock Druid and the Imply distribution.