Installation

Head to arangodb.com/download,select your operating system and download ArangoDB. You may also followthe instructions on how to install with a package manager, if available.

If you installed a binary package under Linux, the server isautomatically started.

If you installed ArangoDB using homebrew under macOS, start theserver by running /usr/local/sbin/arangod.

If you installed ArangoDB under Windows as a service, the server isautomatically started. Otherwise, run the arangod.exe located in theinstallation folder’s bin directory. You may have to run it as administratorto grant it write permissions to C:\Program Files.

For more in-depth information on how to install ArangoDB, as well as availablestartup parameters, installation in a cluster and so on, seeInstallation andDeployment.

ArangoDB offers two storage engines:MMFiles (deprecated) and RocksDB. Choose the onewhich suits your needs best in the installation process or on first startup.

Securing the installation

The default installation contains one database _system and a usernamed root.

Debian based packages and the Windows installer will ask for apassword during the installation process. Red-Hat based packages willset a random password. For all other installation packages you need toexecute

shell> arango-secure-installation

This will ask for a root password and sets this password.

The password that is set for the root user during the installation of the ArangoDBpackage has no effect in case of deployments done with the ArangoDB Starter.See Securing Starter Deployments instead.