Install Datafari - Community Edition

Valid starting from v6.0

The documentation below is valid from Datafari v5.0 onwards

Want the simplest way to install ? Quick start guide !

If you are here but looking for the simplest way to install Datafari, we recommend you to go instead to https://datafari.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DATAFARI/pages/66125825

STEP 0

Requirements - Make sure that : you have all requirements listed in this related documentation : https://datafari.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DATAFARI/pages/110788634

Download the init script (.sh) for Datafari that can be re-run and will download all the required dependencies : The scripts are mentioned into this page : https://datafari.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DATAFARI/pages/110788634

Run the script with command:

source init_datafari*.sh

If a screen with “Services to restart” appears during initialisation, accept default options and <Ok> :

STEP 1

You now need to download datafari. If you are a debian/ubuntu user, here is the command:

wget https://www.datafari.com/files/debian/datafari.deb

STEP 2

To install Datafari you need to be root (enter “sudo -i” + <enter> before the command line below if you have signed in with another user) and run:

dpkg -i datafari.deb

You can adjust the amount of RAM for each component before initializing Datafari, see here : https://datafari.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DATAFARI/pages/495353895

Initialize Datafari (needs root account) :

cd /opt/datafari/bin
 
bash init-datafari.sh

Interaction questions are asked during initialization. Default value is within square brackets. For Community Edition, you need to choose values for IP server, Datafari and PostgreSQL passwords. Others can be left unchanged.

See https://datafari.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DATAFARI/pages/2649063468 for more details.

You can also automatize the installation and avoid to answer interactive questions by fulfiling the file /opt/datafari/conf/datafari.properties file prior to launch the script.

The script will ask you to start Datafari at the end. If you answered no and you want to start it (needs root account or account must be in sudo group) :

cd /opt/datafari/bin
 
bash start-datafari.sh

If you want to index fileshares

If you want to use the jcifs-ng connector in the Datafari ManifoldCF, follow our dedicated documentation: https://datafari.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DATAFARI/pages/662700036

Valid starting from v5.0