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Binary Distribution

Use this guide to quickly start running Polaris using the pre-built binary distribution.

Prerequisites🔗

Java SE 21 or later installed on your machine

Running🔗

Download and extract the binary distribution:

1curl -L https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.3.0-incubating/polaris-bin-1.3.0-incubating.tgz | tar xz
2cd polaris-bin-1.3.0-incubating

Start the Polaris server:

1bin/server

The server will start and listen on http://localhost:8182. Health and metrics endpoints are available under /q.

You can verify the server is running by checking the health endpoint:

1curl http://localhost:8182/q/health