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# Release package

Terminology Server releases are shared with customers through custom download URLs. The downloaded artifact is a Linux (tar.gz) archive that contains:

* an initial folder structure
* the configuration files for all services
* a `docker-compose.yml` file that brings together the entire technology stack to run and manage the service
* the credentials required to pull our proprietary docker images

As a best practice, it is advised to extract the content of the archive under `/opt`. So the deployment folder will be `/opt/snow-owl`. The docker-compose setup will rely on this path, however, if required it can be changed by editing the `./snow-owl/docker/.env` file later on (see `DEPLOYMENT_FOLDER` environment variable).

When decompressing the archive it is important to use the `--same-owner` and `--preserve-permissions` options so the docker containers can access the files and folders appropriately.&#x20;

```sh
tar --extract \
    --gzip \
    --verbose \
    --same-owner \
    --preserve-permissions \
    --file=/path/to/snow-owl-linux-x86_64.tar.gz \
    --directory=/opt/
```

The next page will describe the content of the release package in more detail.


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