How to Install Weaviate on Linux Mint Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Weaviate on your Linux Mint system.

Weaviate is a cloud-native, vector-based and schema-driven search engine that provides powerful, intelligent search capabilities to your API or application. It is built in Go and can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud or on Kubernetes.

Prerequisites

Before you start with the installation, make sure that you meet the following prerequisites:

• A Linux Mint system with root access or sudo privileges.
• Docker installed on your system. You can do this by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

Installing Weaviate

Follow the below steps to install Weaviate on your Linux Mint latest:

1. First, clone the Weaviate repository from GitHub by running the following command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/semi-technologies/weaviate.git

2. Once the repository has been cloned, navigate to the directory where the repository was cloned.

cd weaviate

3. Now, run the Weaviate image in Docker by running the following command:

docker-compose up

4. Wait for the Weaviate container to start up. You will see logs in your terminal indicating that the application is starting up.

5. Once the container has started up, you can access Weaviate by navigating to the following URL in your web browser:

http://localhost:8080/

That’s it! You have successfully installed Weaviate on your Linux Mint latest system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have outlined the steps for installing Weaviate on a Linux Mint latest system. Weaviate is a powerful tool that can help add intelligent search capabilities to your app or API. If you run into any issues during the installation, refer to the Weaviate documentation or seek help from the Weaviate community.

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