Harbor is deployed as several Docker containers. You can therefore deploy it on any Linux distribution that supports Docker. The target host requires Docker, and Docker Compose to be installed.

Hardware

The following table lists the minimum and recommended hardware configurations for deploying Harbor.

Resource	Minimum	Recommended
CPU	2 CPU	4 CPU
Mem	4 GB	8 GB
Disk	40 GB	160 GB

Software

The following table lists the software versions that must be installed on the target host.

Software	Version	Description
Docker engine	Version 17.06.0-ce+ or higher	For installation instructions, see Docker Engine documentation
Docker Compose	docker-compose (v1.18.0+) or docker compose v2 (docker-compose-plugin)	For installation instructions, see Docker Compose documentation
Openssl	Latest is preferred	Used to generate certificate and keys for Harbor

Network ports

Harbor requires that the following ports be open on the target host.

Port	Protocol	Description
443	HTTPS	Harbor portal and core API accept HTTPS requests on this port. You can change this port in the configuration file.
4443	HTTPS	Connections to the Docker Content Trust service for Harbor. Only required if Notary is enabled. You can change this port in the configuration file.
80	HTTP	Harbor portal and core API accept HTTP requests on this port. You can change this port in the configuration file.

What to Do Next

Download the Harbor Installer.