# Native installation You can chose to install xds-server 'natively' instead of within a docker container but note that only Linux host OSes are supported and tested for native installation ! ## Install packages for debian distro type ```bash # 'DISTRO' can be set to { xUbuntu_16.04, xUbuntu_16.10, xUbuntu_17.04, Debian_8.0, Debian_9.0} export DISTRO="xUbuntu_16.04" wget -O - http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/isv:/LinuxAutomotive:/app-Development/${DISTRO}/Release.key | sudo apt-key add - sudo bash -c "cat >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/AGL.list < **Optional step**: skip this chapter if you plan to use default settings Please refer to [Configuration chapter of xds-server](../part-2/1_xds-server/1_config.html) documentation for more details about JSON configuration file. ## Start/Stop xds-server `xds-server` can be managed as a systemd service with the following commands: ```bash # Status XDS server: systemctl --user status xds-server.service # Stop XDS server systemctl --user stop xds-server.service # Start XDS server systemctl --user start xds-server.service # Get XDS server logs systemctl --user --unit=xds-server.service --output=cat ``` To check if xds-server is correctly install and running, you can access the web interface, using a web browser : ```bash xdg-open http://localhost:8000 ``` or get the current version using the following curl command: ```bash curl http://localhost:8000/api/v1/version ```