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Plan the Installation Option

When you run the Big Data Suite installer, you have options to install Informatica domain services, Enterprise Data Catalog, or Enterprise Data Lake. Based on your initial selection, you can also choose to install parent products.
Before you begin the planning and preparation for install, you must determine the type of installation that you want to run.
The following image shows the products that you can install based on the installation options:
Consider the different options available when you run the installer:
Informatica domain services
When you install Informatica domain services, you install the core services that support the domain and the binaries for application services that support the following big data products:
When you install Informatica domain services, you can choose to create a domain or join a domain.
Enterprise Data Catalog
You can install Informatica services and Enterprise Data Catalog, or you can install Enterprise Data Catalog on a node that is running Informatica services.
Enterprise Data Lake
You can perform a full installation of Informatica services, Enterprise Data Catalog, and Enterprise Data Lake. If Enterprise Data Catalog is not installed, you can install the binaries for Enterprise Data Catalog and Enterprise Data Lake. If the Informatica services and Enterprise Data Catalog are installed, you can install Enterprise Data Lake.