Installation¶

Install via tar.gz¶

After downloading the latest stable version of Crate Data from https://crate.io/download/ the package needs to be unpacked:

sh$ tar zxf crate-*.tar.gz
sh$ cd crate-*

Once unpacked Crate can be started in the foreground like this:

sh$ ./bin/crate

In order to start in the background add the -d option. If started in the foreground you can use Control-C to stop the process again.

The CrateShell (Crash) is shipped with the tarball distribution. You can start the shell using the crash command:

sh$ ./bin/crash

The Crate distribution also comes with a web based administration interface. It is served on port 4200 and you can access it with your browser once Crate is started:

http://host1.example.com:4200/admin/

Install using Docker¶

Docker is a lightweigt runtime to run distributed applications in a sandboxed container. We provide a Docker image for Crate for easy installation:

sh$ docker pull crate/crate
sh$ docker run -d -p 4200:4200 -p 4300:4300 crate/crate

The images are hosted on the Docker Hub Registry. There is additional information on how to run Crate in a Docker container on the docker-crate Github repository.

Install Crate Data for Production¶

We provide distributions for RHEL/YUM based systems, Ubuntu and Arch Linux.

You can find instruction how to install Crate Data for production on the Download page.

In case your distribution is missing feel free to contact us. We’re happy to create and maintain additional packages if we see enough interest.