KairosDB is a time-series database written in Java, designed to handle large amounts of data in real-time. It is an open-source project hosted on GitHub, and this tutorial will teach you how to install it on Linux Mint.
Before installing KairosDB, you must have a few tools and packages installed on your Linux Mint system-
You can check if Java is installed on your system using the following command-
java -version
If Java is not installed, then you can install it using the following command-
sudo apt install default-jre
Next, you need to install Apache Cassandra. You can find the installation instructions on the official website- https://cassandra.apache.org/download/.
Once you have Java and Cassandra installed on your system, follow the steps below to install KairosDB:
To clone the KairosDB repository, use the following command-
git clone https://github.com/kairosdb/kairosdb.git
After cloning the repository, navigate to the root directory and build the project using the following command-
./gradlew build
This will create a distribution package for KairosDB.
Navigate to the "build/distributions" directory and extract the distribution package using the following command-
tar -xzf kairosdb-<version>-dist.tar.gz
Replace <version> with the version number of the distribution package.
Move the extracted directory to the desired install location using the following command-
sudo mv kairosdb-<version> /opt/
To start KairosDB, navigate to the "bin" directory in the KairosDB installation directory and run the following command-
./kairosdb.sh start
This will start KairosDB, and you can access it by navigating to http://localhost:8080.
To stop KairosDB, navigate to the "bin" directory in the KairosDB installation directory and run the following command-
./kairosdb.sh stop
In this tutorial, you learned how to install KairosDB on Linux Mint, which is a Java-based time-series database. We covered the prerequisites, installation process, and starting and stopping the KairosDB service. Now, you can use KairosDB to store and analyze time-series data.
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