How To Install and Configure OrientDB on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

OrientDB is a multi-model NoSQL data set with help for diagram and archive information bases. It is a Java application and can run on any working framework. It’s additionally completely ACID-grievance with help for multi-ace replication, permitting simple level scaling.

In this post, We will install and configure OrientDB on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Step 1: Update the System

You need to first update the current ubuntu repository by using the given command.

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Step 2: Install Dependencies

You need to install some packages its required for OrientDB, Executive the following command for the same.

sudo apt install apt-transport-https  openjdk-8-jre-headless -y

Step 3: Download and Extract the OrientDB

You need to use the wget command to download the OrientDB packages, Use the following command for the same.

cd /tmp
wget https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/orientdb3/releases/3.0.4/orientdb-3.0.4.tar.gz
tar xvf orientdb-3.0.4.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /opt/orientdb
sudo mv orientdb-3.0.4 /opt/orientdb

Step 4: Creating System User and Group

You need to create system user and group which is use to control the OrientDB process, Use the given command for the same.

sudo groupadd -r orientdb
sudo useradd --system -g orientdb orientdb

Step 5: Updating Permission

You need to update the permission on the /opt/orientdb directory by execution the command.

sudo chown -R orientdb:orientdb /opt/orientdb

Step 6: Start the OrientDB server

You need to executive the below command to start the OrientDB server.

cd /opt/orientdb/bin/
sudo ./server.sh

Step 7: Creating systemD service

This is very important to create systemD service for OrientDB, Follow the given commands for the same.

sudo cp /opt/orientdb/bin/orientdb.service /etc/systemd/system/

after this you need to update the user and group name in orientdb.service file.

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/orientdb.service

You should get output like this.

[Unit]
Description=OrientDB Server
After=network.target
After=syslog.target

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

[Service]
User=orientdb
Group=orientdb
ExecStart=/opt/orientdb/bin/server.sh

Save and exit from the nano text editor.

Step 8: Start the OrientDB service

First you need to reoad the daemon and then start the OrientDB servie by using systemctl command.

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start orientdb

After that you can open the browser with given url to test OrientDB in GUI mode.

http://server:2480/studio/index.html

Bash Script

#!/bin/bash

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install apt-transport-https  openjdk-8-jre-headless
export RELEASE="3.0.4"
wget https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/orientdb3/releases/${RELEASE}/orientdb-${RELEASE}.tar.gz
tar xvf orientdb-${RELEASE}.tar.gz
sudo mv  orientdb-${RELEASE} /opt/orientdb
sudo groupadd -r orientdb
sudo useradd --system -g orientdb orientdb
sudo chown -R orientdb:orientdb /opt/orientdb
cd /opt/orientdb/bin/
sudo ./server.sh

Conclusion

We have successfully install and configure the OrientDB in our Ubuntu 18.04 server.

How To Install and Configure OrientDB on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

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