Installing OceanBase Database via yum/apt

If you want to deploy OceanBase on a Linux RPM platform, you can use yum/apt for single-node installation and simple management with systemd.

WARNING

• The installation method is just used for study or test;
• You should not deploy it with important data as it is not used in production environment.

Installing OceanBase via yum

Config yum repo then install OceanBase, it will automatically install the required dependencies.

yum install -y yum-utils
yum-config-manager --add-repo https://mirrors.aliyun.com/oceanbase/OceanBase.repo
yum install -y oceanbase-ce

Installing OceanBase via apt

Config apt repo then install OceanBase, it will automatically install the required dependencies.

apt update
apt install -y lsb-release wget gnupg2 mysql-client curl
wget http://mirrors.oceanbase.com/oceanbase/oceanbase_deb.pub && apt-key add oceanbase_deb.pub
echo "deb http://mirrors.oceanbase.com/oceanbase/community/stable/$(lsb_release -is | awk '{print tolower($0)}')/$(lsb_release -cs)/$(dpkg --print-architecture)/ ./" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oceanbase.list
apt update
apt install -y oceanbase-ce

Dependencies list：

Startup Method

You can install and run OceanBase service using the following command:

systemctl start oceanbase

You can set the OceanBase service to start automatically on boot using the following command:

systemctl enable oceanbase

Overview of systemd

Systemd provides automatic OceanBase startup and shutdown. It also enables manual server management using the systemctl command. For example:

systemctl {start|stop|restart|status} oceanbase

Oceanbase configuration by systemd

Systemd provide /etc/oceanbase.cnf to config OceanBase before startup.