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Before you start
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Components
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The main part of the NRP is the :doc:`NRP-Core <nrp-core/index>`, which represents a stand-alone application, managing the simulation and binding different simulators together. It determines the workflow of the NRP. For a better user experience, there are other components, which bind NRP-Core with a broser-based application, providing a user-friendly access to simulation workflow and simulation files:

    *   **:ref:`NRP-Core <doxid-indexpage>`**, the heart of the NRP.
    *   **NRP-Frontend**, the web application.
    *   **:ref:`NRP-Backend <nrp-backend-index>`**, the server, managing the simulations.
    *   **NRP-Proxy**, the component, binding frontend. backend and storage.

The main view of the NRP-Frontend application for managing the experiments:

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    The main view of the NRP-Frontend application for managing the experiments.


    


Installation
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Currently, you can either use the NRP installed from the source, or running in Docker containers locally on your machine.

.. toctree::

   installation-docker.rst
   installation-source.rst
   installation-implementations.rst