Installation

The supported evaluation path downloads the Praxis alpha artifacts. It starts Moto as a local AWS-compatible API, Restate, Praxis Core, and all five driver packs without compiling Praxis or cloning the repository.

Prerequisites

• Docker with Docker Compose

Start the stack

Open the Praxis alpha release and download the CLI archive for your platform, checksums.txt, and praxis-alpha-quickstart.tar.gz. Verify the archives against the checksum file, place praxis on your PATH, then run:

tar -xzf praxis-alpha-quickstart.tar.gz
cd praxis-alpha-quickstart
./praxis-up
praxis version

The bundle pulls all six Praxis images at the single supported :alpha tag, waits for the infrastructure services, and registers Core and every driver pack with Restate.

Confirm the environment

praxis list schemas

praxis list schemas runs offline from the schemas embedded in the CLI. It is a quick way to confirm the binary and discover current resource kinds.

Note

The local environment uses Moto and the local account. It is intended for learning and development. Configure a real account only after you are comfortable with plans, lifecycle policy, and deletion behavior.

One mutable alpha

Update the CLI, all service images, chart, schemas, and templates together. Alpha revisions may break existing state and templates.

Full reference

For production deployment, configuration, health checks, upgrades, and troubleshooting, see the operator guide on GitHub. For repository builds and contributor setup, see the developer guide.