Installing from Source
If there isn’t a package for your OS or you are interested in contributing back to the project, you can install Riak TS from source!
Dependencies
Erlang
To install Riak TS, you will need to have Erlang installed. We strongly recommend using Riak’s patched version of Erlang to install Riak TS. All of the patches in this version have been incorporated into later versions of the official Erlang/OTP release.
See Installing Erlang for instructions.
Git
Riak TS depends on source code located in multiple Git repositories. Install Git on the target system before attempting the build.
GCC
Riak TS will not compile with Clang. Please make sure your default C/C++ compiler is GCC.
Installation
The following instructions generate a complete, self-contained build of
Riak TS in »Unpacked or Cloned Source«/rel/riak
.
Installing from source package
Download the Riak TS source package from Downloads and build:
curl -O http://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.basho.com/riak/ts/1.3/1.5.1/riak_ts-1.5.1.tar.gz
tar zxvf riak_ts-1.5.1.tar.gz
cd riak_ts-1.5.1
make locked-deps
make rel
Installing from GitHub
To clone and build Riak TS from source, clone the repository using Git and build:
git clone --branch riak_ts-1.5.1 https://github.com/basho/riak.git
cd riak_ts-1.5.1
make locked-deps
make rel
Verify Your Installation
You can verify that Riak TS was successfully installed by running riak-shell
:
sudo riak-shell
Verify your connection by running show_connection
:
riak-shell>show_connection;
You should see a reply like this one:
riak_shell is connected to: 'dev1@127.0.0.1' on port 8087
Make sure to exit the riak shell when you are done by running q;
.
Start your Riak TS node
Once you’ve successfully installed Riak TS, start it on your node:
riak start
Verify Riak TS is running
You can verify that Riak TS is started and ready to use by pinging it.
riak ping
If Riak TS has started, you will receive a pong
response. If it has not started, you will receive an error.
Next Steps
Now that you’ve installed Riak TS, check out Planning Your Riak TS Table.