From the course: Learning Apache Airflow

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Initial setup: macOS and Windows

Initial setup: macOS and Windows - Apache Airflow Tutorial

From the course: Learning Apache Airflow

Initial setup: macOS and Windows

- In this demo, we'll see how you can install and get set up with Apache Airflow on your local machine. Now, we've already discussed that Airflow is an open source platform designed to programmatically allow you to create, schedule, and monitor workflows. Now, there are several techniques that you can use to install Apache Airflow. And all of these techniques are listed out here on the Apache Airflow site. Now, some of these techniques are meant for production environments, so they require a fair bit of setup. But the easiest way to get up and running with Airflow is to use PyPI. PyPI is the Python Package Index. It's a repository of software packages that we use with the Python Programming Language. This is by far the easiest way to get up and running with Airflow on your local machine. You don't have to deal with Docker, Docker containers. Nothing. At the time of this recording, Apache Airflow can only be run…

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