File directory structure

After TDengine is installed, the following directories or files will be created in the system by default.

directory/file	description
/usr/local/taos/bin	The TDengine executable directory. The executable files are soft-linked to the /usr/bin directory.
/usr/local/taos/driver	The TDengine dynamic link library directory. It is soft-linked to the /usr/lib directory.
/usr/local/taos/examples	The TDengine various language application examples directory.
/usr/local/taos/include	The header files for TDengine’s external C interface.
/etc/taos/taos.cfg	TDengine default [configuration file]
/var/lib/taos	TDengine’s default data file directory. The location can be changed via [configuration file].
/var/log/taos	TDengine default log file directory. The location can be changed via [configure file].

Executable files

All executable files of TDengine are in the /usr/local/taos/bin directory by default. These include.

taosd: TDengine server-side executable files
taos: TDengine CLI executable
taosdump: data import and export tool
taosBenchmark: TDengine testing tool
remove.sh: script to uninstall TDengine, please execute it carefully, link to the rmtaos command in the /usr/bin directory. Will remove the TDengine installation directory /usr/local/taos, but will keep /etc/taos, /var/lib/taos, /var/log/taos
taosadapter: server-side executable that provides RESTful services and accepts writing requests from a variety of other softwares
tarbitrator: provides arbitration for two-node cluster deployments
run_taosd_and_taosadapter.sh: script to start both taosd and taosAdapter
TDinsight.sh: script to download TDinsight and install it
set_core.sh: script for setting up the system to generate core dump files for easy debugging
taosd-dump-cfg.gdb: script to facilitate debugging of taosd’s gdb execution.

taosdump after version 2.4.0.0 require taosTools as a standalone installation. A new version of taosBenchmark is include in taosTools too.

You can configure different data directories and log directories by modifying the system configuration file taos.cfg.