How to Install Druid on OpenSUSE Latest

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Druid on OpenSUSE Latest. Druid is a high-performance, column-oriented, distributed data store that is designed to excel at large-scale data analysis.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • A running instance of OpenSUSE Latest
  • sudo privileges or root access
  • Basic knowledge of Linux command-line interface

Step 1: Install Java

Druid requires Java to run. You can download Java from the Oracle official website or install Java with the following command: 

sudo zypper install java-1_8_0-openjdk

After Java has been installed, verify the Java version with the following command: 

java -version

If Java is installed correctly, you should see the Java version information.

Step 2: Install Druid

To install Druid on OpenSUSE Latest, you can either download the package from the official Druid website, or add a repository. In this tutorial, we will use the repository approach.

  1. Add the Druid repository by using the following command:
sudo zypper addrepo http://druid.io/repo/druid/centos-7/stable/ druid
  1. Refresh the package repository:
sudo zypper refresh
  1. Install Druid with the following command:
sudo zypper install druid

Step 3: Configure Druid

After Druid is installed, you need to configure it. You can find the Druid configuration file in the /opt/druid/conf directory.

  1. Edit the runtime.properties file with the following command:
sudo nano /opt/druid/conf/runtime.properties

  1. Update the following configurations:

    druid.server.http.host=127.0.0.1
druid.server.http.port=8081

  2. Save and close the file.

Step 4: Start Druid

After Druid is installed and configured, you can start it by using the following command: 

sudo systemctl start druid

Step 5: Access Druid

To access Druid, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8081. You should see the Druid console page.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Druid on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now begin to use Druid to perform large-scale data analysis. If you encounter any issues during the installation, please refer to the Druid documentation for more information.