# Quickstart

## Releases

eIQ AI Toolkit is made up of multiple Docker images. As such, we provide a [docker-compose.yaml](releases.md) for
simplicity to install all the images. We suggest to use the latest release unless there are compatibility reasons.

## Prerequisites

### Linux environment

Since the eIQ AI Toolkit is fully containerized, you need to have **Docker** installed. For a simpler setup, we also
recommend using **Docker Compose**.

### Windows environment

Windows is not directly supported; however, you can use **Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2)** or a similar virtual
environment and then follow the Linux installation instructions.

```{note}
Docker & Docker Compose utilities can be installed in WSL 2 or Linux as described
in the [official Docker documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#install-using-the-repository) or [here for Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/).
```

## Launch

1. Download the premade eIQ AI Toolkit [docker-compose.yaml](releases.md) file.
2. Open a terminal window in the same directory as
   the [docker-compose.yaml](releases.md)
   file.
3. Run the following command which downloads the relevant images from NXP Docker repository and starts all the required
   containers:

```
docker compose up
```

or for the Docker containers to run in the background:

```
docker compose up --detach
```

4. Now open a web browser of your choice and just input the URL *localhost:8080*.

### Clean-up

For *stopping* the **eIQ AI Toolkit** containers, use the following command:

```
docker compose stop
```

If your aim is to **stop** as well as **delete** the eIQ AI Toolkit containers, type the following in the terminal:

```
docker compose down
```

To get rid of the eIQ AI Toolkit containers and also delete the content of the mounted volumes (reset data) to start
fresh:

```
docker compose down -v
```