Installation Process of CockroachDB
1. To install CockroachDB on your machine, visit the Cockroach Labs website to download the latest or desired version. Copy the download link and use wget or curl to download it onto your system.
2. After visiting the official website, use the wget command followed by the CockroachDB download link to download the desired version onto your system.
wget --no-check-certificate https://binaries.cockroachdb.com/cockroach-v23.2.4.linux-amd64.tgz
3. Optionally, you can download the SHA256 checksum from the same source to verify your download integrity. Use the ‘sha256sum‘ command with the -c flag to ensure the downloaded file matches the checksum.
sha256sum -c cockroach-v23.2.4.linux-amd64.tgz.sha256sum
4. To access the CockroachDB command from anywhere, copy the downloaded binary file to the bin folder of your machine. This ensures that the cockroach command can be executed from any directory in your system.
cp cockroach /usr/local/bin/
ls /usr/local/bin
5. You can now access CockroachDB using the cockroach command from anywhere on your system. Additionally, create a directory in your lib folder for CockroachDB’s files with the below command, and then copy both the binary and library files there.
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/cockroach
cp -i lib/libgoes.so /usr/local/lib/cockroach/
cp -i lib/libgoes_c.so /usr/local/lib/cockroach/
6. To verify the installation of CockroachDB, simply run the command cockroach version to check the installed version. This confirms that the installation process has been completed successfully.
cockroach version
How to Install CockroachDB Cluster on Debian 12
Debian 12 is a versatile and robust operating system ideal for hosting various applications, including distributed databases like CockroachDB. In this guide, we’ll walk through the process of installing and setting up a CockroachDB cluster on Debian 12. CockroachDB is a scalable, distributed SQL database designed for cloud-native applications, and installing it on Debian 12 provides a reliable foundation for building resilient and high-performance database clusters.