Hazelcast Editions and Distributions
Hazelcast offers Enterprise Edition and Community Edition versions of its software, each available as either a full or slim distribution.
Enterprise Edition
Hazelcast Enterprise Edition is a commercial product that extends the Community Edition offering to provide you with many benefits, including the security suite, blue/green deployments for clients, and a Hazelcast Customer Support subscription.
| In this documentation, topics related to an Enterprise Edition feature include an Enterprise Edition label. |
The Enterprise Edition offers the following features, which are not available in the Community Edition :
| All pre-existing Hazelcast licenses, such as the Pro/Enterprise/Enterprise HD licenses, are valid for Hazelcast Platform. |
Community Edition
Hazelcast Community Edition is free and covered by an Apache License, Version 2.0 and a Hazelcast Community License.
The permissions granted in these licenses allow you to do the following:
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Use the Community Edition
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Reproduce the Community Edition
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Distribute the Community Edition with any open and/or closed source applications
Full and Slim Distributions
The following installation options offer a full and slim distribution:
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Docker
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ZIP/TAR Binaries
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Java
Other installation options offer only the full distribution.
You can find more information on installing the Hazelcast editions in the following topics:
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For the Enterprise Edition, see the Installing Hazelcast Enterprise Edition topic
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For the Community Edition, see the Installing Hazelcast Community Edition topic
Full Distribution
The full distribution contains all available Hazelcast connectors, libraries, and Management Center.
Full distribution content explanation
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bin— utility scripts for application management -
config- application configuration files (including reference examples) -
lib— application and dependency binaries -
licenses— application and dependency licenses -
management-center— bundled Management Center distribution
Slim Distribution
The slim distribution allows you to save memory by excluding Management Center and connectors. You add the additional components as required.
To install a slim distribution, you can use any of the available installation options by appending -slim to the version number in the command; for example, to install the slim distribution of 5.5.2, use 5.5.2-slim.
Slim distribution content explanation
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bin— utility scripts for application management -
config- application configuration files (including reference examples) -
lib— application and dependency binaries -
licenses— application and dependency licenses
