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Installing Using ZIP Archive

Prerequisites

Apache Ignite 3 is tested on the following systems:

  • Ubuntu 20.04

  • Ubuntu 22.04

  • CentOS 8

  • RockyLinux 9

  • Mac OS X 14.6

  • Windows 10

Other Linux flavors and newer versions are supported, but may have minor discrepancies in performance or stability.

When running on Linux, the following libraries are also required:

  • GNU C Library (glibc) version 2.29 or newer

  • GNU C Standard Library (libstdc) which supports GLIBCXX_3.4.26 or newer. GLIBCXX_3.4.26 is included with GCC 9.1.0. For more information on version mapping, see the GNU Official Documentation.

Apache Ignite 3 is tested on Oracle JDK 11, 17 and 21. Other Java vendors are supported, but may have minor discrepancies in performance or stability.

Apache Ignite Package Structure

Apache Ignite provides 2 archives for the distribution:

  • ignite3-db-3.1.0 - this archive contains everything related to the Apache Ignite database. When unpacked, it creates the folder where data will be stored by default. You start Apache Ignite nodes from this folder.

  • ignite3-cli-3.1.0 - this archive contains the Apache Ignite CLI tool. This tool is the main way of interacting with Apache Ignite clusters and nodes.

Installing Apache Ignite Database

To install the Apache Ignite database, download the database archive from the website and then:

  1. Unpack the archive:

    unzip ignite3-db-3.1.0.zip && cd ignite3-db-3.1.0
    Expand-Archive ignite3-3.1.0.zip -DestinationPath . ; cd ignite3-db-3.1.0
    unzip -xf ignite3-db-3.1.0.zip & cd ignite3-db-3.1.0

  2. Create the IGNITE_HOME environment variable with the path to the ignite3-db-3.1.0 folder.

Starting the Node

Once you have unpacked the archive, you can start the Apache Ignite node:

bin/ignite3db

By default, the node loads the etc/ignite-config.conf configuration file on startup. You can update it to customize the node configuration, or change the configuration folder in the etc/vars.env file.

When the node is started, it will enter the cluster if it is already configured and initialized, or will wait for cluster initialization.

Installing Apache Ignite CLI Tool

The CLI tool is the primary means of working with the Apache Ignite database. It is not necessary to install on every machine that is running Apache Ignite, as you can connect to the node via REST interface.

To install the Apache Ignite CLI, download the database archive from the website and then unpack it:

unzip ignite3-cli-3.1.0.zip && cd ignite3-cli-3.1.0
Expand-Archive ignite3-cli-3.1.0.zip -DestinationPath . ; cd ignite3-cli-3.1.0
unzip -xf ignite3-cli-3.1.0.zip & cd ignite3-cli-3.1.0

Next Steps

With Apache Ignite installed, you can proceed with the Getting Started or use the available APIs immediately.

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