Is this page helpful?

About getting started

This section walks you from access and prerequisites through first deployment and hands-on notebooks.

Typical order:

1. Get your API key (NGC / API access as required by your workflow).
2. Confirm the Pre-Requisites & Support Matrix for your OS, GPU, and software stack.
3. Deploy using one of:
   • Deployment options for how to run NeMo Retriever Library
   • Supported: Helm chart for Kubernetes, plus NeMo Retriever Library install docs for the published charts
   • Unsupported (developer-only): Docker Compose (local) — not a supported NIM deployment path
4. Explore Jupyter Notebooks for end-to-end examples.

If you are new to the product, read What is NeMo Retriever Library? and Concepts under Introduction first.