# Install Data Mover ## Planning initial installation and master configuration Data Mover is a distributed, clustered, highly modular product that requires some planning before actually installing it on one or, more typically, multiple physical or virtual machines. The recommended approach to installation planning is: * Design the deployment topology, i.e. defining where to deploy which components. * Provision machines with the correct prerequisites for the components they are designated to host. * Provision database resources dedicated to the product. * Configure existing network apparatuses - such as load balancers and firewalls - to correctly handle all the new network connections that will be established by the product once installed. In the next few sections, we provide comprehensive information enabling a system administrator to correctly plan Data Mover installation. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.primeur.com/data-one-installation-manager/installation-on-linux/install-data-mover.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.