Installing on CentOS/RHEL

Riak TS can be installed on CentOS-based systems using a binary package available through ZenDesk.

Check your email for the link to the download in ZenDesk.

Note on SELinux

CentOS enables SELinux by default, so you may need to disable SELinux if you encounter errors.

Install Riak TS

For CentOS 6 / RHEL 6

Once you’ve downloaded the package from ZenDesk, you can install the package using yum:

sudo yum install riak-ts-1.0.0-1.el6.centos.x86_64.rpm

Or manually:

sudo rpm -Uvh riak-ts-{{VERSION}}-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

For CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Once you’ve downloaded the package from ZenDesk, you can install the package using yum:

sudo yum install riak-ts-1.0.0-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm

Or manually:

sudo rpm -Uvh riak-ts-{{VERSION}}-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

Turn off AAE

Confirm that AAE is turned off. To do this, check /etc/riak/riak.conf for the following: anti_entropy = passive.

Activate Riak TS node

Once you’ve installed Riak TS, start it on your node:

riak start

Verify your installation

You can verify that Riak TS is successfully installed by running:

dpkg -l | grep riak

If Riak TS has been installed successfully riak-ts is returned.

Next Steps

Now that you’ve installed Riak TS, check out Planning Your Riak TS Table.