Web Interface

The server itself (arangod) speaks HTTP / REST, but you can use thegraphical web interface to keep it simple. There is alsoarangosh, a synchronous shellfor interaction with the server. If you are a developer, you mightprefer the shell over the GUI. It does not provide features likesyntax highlighting however.

When you start using ArangoDB in your project, you will likely use an officialor community-made driver written in the same language as your project. Driversimplement a programming interface that should feel natural for that programminglanguage, and do all the talking to the server. Therefore, you can most certainlyignore the HTTP API unless you want to write a driver yourself or explicitlywant to use the raw interface.

To get familiar with the database system you can even put drivers aside anduse the web interface (code name Aardvark) for basic interaction.The web interface will become available shortly after you started arangod.You can access it in your browser athttp://localhost:8529 - if not, pleasesee Troubleshooting.

By default, authentication is enabled. The default user is root.Depending on the installation method used, the installation process eitherprompted for the root password or the default root password is empty(see Securing the installation).

Next you will be asked which database to use. Every server instance comes witha _system database. Select this database to continue.

You should then be presented the dashboard with server statistics like this:

For a more detailed description of the interface, see Web Interface.