Tutorial: How to Install Mesos on Windows 11

Mesos is a distributed systems kernel that provides resource management and scheduling across clusters. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Mesos on Windows 11.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, you need to have the following prerequisites:

  • A Windows 11 operating system
  • A 64-bit version of Windows
  • Administrator privileges
  • Java Development Kit (JDK) version 7 or higher
  • Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017, and 2019
  • Python version 2.6 or higher

Steps to Install Mesos on Windows 11

  1. Download and extract the latest version of Mesos distribution package from the official website https://mesos.apache.org/downloads/.

  2. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges and navigate to the Mesos installation directory.

cd C:\Path\to\mesos
  1. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the directory where JDK is installed.
set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_291
  1. Set the MESOS_HOME environment variable to the Mesos installation directory.
set MESOS_HOME=C:\Path\to\mesos
  1. Copy the python folder from the Mesos distribution package to C:\Windows\System32\.
copy C:\Path\to\mesos\python C:\Windows\System32\
  1. Copy the msvcp140.dll file from the lib folder of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable to C:\Windows\System32\.
copy "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Redist\MSVC\14.28.29325\onecore\x64\Microsoft.VC141.CRT\msvcp140.dll" C:\Windows\System32\
  1. Copy the msvcp120.dll file from the lib folder of the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable to C:\Windows\System32\.
copy "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\redist\x64\Microsoft.VC120.CRT\msvcp120.dll" C:\Windows\System32\
  1. Navigate to the Mesos installation directory and run the bin\mesos-master.cmd and bin\mesos-agent.cmd files to start the Mesos Master and Agent processes.
cd C:\Path\to\mesos
bin\mesos-master.cmd --ip=<MASTER_IP_ADDRESS>
bin\mesos-agent.cmd --master=<MASTER_IP_ADDRESS>:5050

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Mesos on Windows 11. You can now start using Mesos to manage and schedule resources across clusters. Don't forget to configure the Mesos settings and permissions according to your specific requirements.