Installing on CentOS/RHEL

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

Note on SELinux

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

Dependencies

ulimit

CentOS and RHEL give you a very small limit on open file handles. Even with a backend that uses very few file handles, it’s possible to run out. See Open Files Limit for more information about changing the limit.

Install Riak TS

For CentOS 6 / RHEL 6

Once you’ve downloaded the package, you can install the package using yum or rpm:

sudo yum install riak-ts-1.5.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

or

sudo rpm -Uvh riak-ts-1.5.1-1.el6.x86_64.rpm

For CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Once you’ve downloaded the package, you can install the package using yum or rpm:

sudo yum install riak-ts-1.5.1-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm

or

sudo rpm -Uvh riak-ts-1.5.1-1.el7.centos.x86_64.rpm

Verify your installation

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

yum list installed riak-ts

or

rpm -q riak-ts

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

Start your Riak TS node

Once you’ve 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.