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LogScale Self-Hosted Deployment
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## LogScale on Bare Metal - Installing Java

LogScale is a Scala-based application that requires a JVM (Java Virtual Machine). A suitable JVM or JDK must be installed. The supported JVM version is listed on Release Notes.

Choose one of the following options:

- LogScale uses Azul JDK for Starting with LogScale Cloud and Installing Using Containers deployments.

- Use the OpenJDK:

  shell

      $ apt-get install openjdk-21-jdk

To confirm the available Java version once installed:

shell

    $ java --version
    openjdk version "21.0.2" 2024-01-16 LTS
    OpenJDK Runtime Environment Zulu21.32+17-CA (build 21.0.2+13-LTS)
    OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Zulu21.32+17-CA (build 21.0.2+13-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)

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