How to Install Druid on NetBSD

Druid is an open-source analytics data store designed for high-performance slice-and-dice analytics on large data sets. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Druid on NetBSD.

Before we proceed, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A NetBSD machine with root access
• Java 8 or later installed
• Python 2.7 or later installed

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

Druid requires some dependencies to be installed before it can be installed on NetBSD. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:

$ pkgin update
$ pkgin install bash curl tar unzip gzip zip rsync

Step 2 - Download and Extract Druid

Download the latest version of Druid from the official website http://druid.io/ or use the following command to download it:

$ curl -O https://downloads.apache.org/druid/0.20.0/apache-druid-0.20.0-bin.tar.gz

Next, extract the downloaded file using the following command:

$ tar -xvf apache-druid-0.20.0-bin.tar.gz

Step 3 - Configure Druid

Next, you need to configure Druid by modifying some configuration files. Change into the extracted directory using the following command:

$ cd apache-druid-0.20.0

Now, edit the conf/druid/_common/common.runtime.properties file and modify the following properties:

druid.zk.service.host=localhost:2181
druid.metadata.storage.type=zookeeper
druid.metadata.storage.connector.host=localhost:2181

Next, edit the conf/druid/broker/runtime.properties file and modify the following properties:

druid.service=druid/broker
druid.port=8080
druid.server.maxSize=100000000
druid.broker.cache.useCache=false
druid.broker.cache.populateCache=false
druid.broker.cache.populateEntireCacheOnStartup=false

Finally, edit the conf/druid/cluster/runtime.properties file and modify the following properties:

druid.service=druid/cluster
druid.cluster.type=local

Step 4 - Start Druid

You can start Druid using the following command:

$ ./bin/start-micro-quickstart

This will start Druid with the default configuration. You can access the Druid console by opening the following URL in your browser:

http://localhost:8081/

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Druid on NetBSD. Now, you can start using Druid to analyze large data sets. If you face any issues, you can refer to the official documentation of Druid or reach out to the Druid community for help.

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