Aerospike

Aerospike Database is a flash memory and in-memory open source distributed key value NoSQL database management system, marketed by the company also named Aerospike

The Real-time Data Platform The multi-model, NoSQL real-time data platform for multi-cloud, large-scale JSON and SQL use cases. The Aerospike database has the lowest latency with predictable performance at any scale, with industry-leading uptime, requiring up to 80% less infrastructure.

Go to Official Aerospike Website to read more.

Install Aerospike on Ubuntu :

Follow this link to install aerospike tools on ubuntu.

There are multiple steps to install aerospike on linux :

Run below command to download aerospike into linux

wget -O aerospike.tgz https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-server-community/6.0.0.5/aerospike-server-community-6.0.0.5-ubuntu18.04.tgz --no-check-certificate

unzip tgz file , run below command
```
tar -xvf aerospike.tgz
```

Go to the aerospike folder , run below command

 cd aerospike-server-community-6.0.0.5-ubuntu18.04/

Run below command to install aerospike by running below command
```
  sudo  ./asinstall 
```
Configure Aerospike conf file , go the below mentioned path and edit aerospike.conf
```
   vi /etc/aerospike/aerospike.conf
```
vi aerospike.conf

#Aerospike database configuration file for use with systemd.

service {
        paxos-single-replica-limit 1 # Number of nodes where the replica count is automatically reduced to 1.
        proto-fd-max 15000
}

logging {

    # Log file must be an absolute path.
    file /opt/logs/aerospike.log {
        context any info
   }

    # Send log messages to stdout
    console {
        context any info
    }
}
#
#


network {
        service {
                address any
                port 3000
        }

        heartbeat {
                mode mesh
                address Ip_address_of_server
                port 3002
                #mesh-seed-address-port 127.0.0.1 3002 # IP address for seed node in the cluster
                #mesh-seed-address-port 127.0.0.1 3002 # IP address for seed node in the cluster
                #mesh-seed-address-port 127.0.0.1 3002 # IP address for seed node in the cluster

                # To use unicast-mesh heartbeats, remove the 3 lines above, and see
                # aerospike_mesh.conf for alternative.

                interval 150
                timeout 10
        }

        fabric {
                port 3001
        }

        info {
                port 3003
        }
  }


  namespace test_users{
        replication-factor 2
        memory-size 4G

        storage-engine device {
        file /opt/aerospike/data/user.dat
        filesize 20G
        data-in-memory false
   }
  }

Create log folder for aerospike logs

/opt/

Aerospike service commands to start, stop or check status of the aerospike service

   service  aerospike start        // to start the aerospike service
   or 
   sudo systemctl start aerospike 

   service aerospike stop          // to stop the aerospike service
   or
   sudo systemctl stop aerospike 

   service aerospike status        // to check status of the aerospike service
   or 
   sudo systemctl status aerospike

Install aerospike on mac or windows :

Step 1 : You have to install setup of Docker Desktop on mac and run Docker Desktop.

Step 2 : Deploying Aerospike clusters with Docker :

follow this link to download the aerospike : https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/

Step 3 : We will be running Aerospike Community Version of container on Mac :

Run below command to install docker image :

 docker pull aerospike/aerospike-server

Docker Container Run images, for better understading :

https://docs.aerospike.com/tools/deploy_guides/docker/tools

Run below command to run the container of aerospike on detach mode :

docker run -d --name aerospike -p 3000-3002:3000-3002 aerospike/aerospike-server

Follow this link to have better understanding Docker Image

Run Aerospike Query Language ( AQL ) in docker image by running below command

 docker run -t aerospike/aerospike-server aql -h  $(docker inspect -f '{{.NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}' aerospike)

Aerospike Configuration

Aerospike uses a single file to configure a database node. The default location of the configuration file is

/etc/aerospike/aerospike.conf

Goto Aerospike Documentation for detailed information of Aerospike Configuration

Basic Configuration Of Aerospike , File default location /etc/aerospike/aerospike.conf

# Aerospike database configuration file for use with systemd.

service {
        paxos-single-replica-limit 1 # Number of nodes where the replica count is automatically reduced to 1.
        proto-fd-max 15000
}

logging {

    # Log file must be an absolute path.
    file /opt/logs/aerospike.log {
        context any info
   }

    # Send log messages to stdout
    console {
        context any info
    }
}
#
#


network {
        service {
                address any
                port 3000
        }

        heartbeat {
                mode mesh
                address 127.0.0.1
                port 3002
                mesh-seed-address-port 127.0.0.1 3002 # IP address for seed node in the cluster
                mesh-seed-address-port 127.0.0.1 3002 # IP address for seed node in the cluster
                mesh-seed-address-port 127.0.0.1 3002 # IP address for seed node in the cluster

                # To use unicast-mesh heartbeats, remove the 3 lines above, and see
                # aerospike_mesh.conf for alternative.

                interval 150
                timeout 10
        }

        fabric {
                port 3001
        }

        info {
                port 3003
        }
}


namespace test_users{
        replication-factor 2
        memory-size 4G

        storage-engine device {
        file /opt/aerospike/data/user.dat
        filesize 20G
        data-in-memory false
  }
}

Aerospike Query Language (AQL) :

run below commands to run aql query :

 aql        //run aql to get inside into aerospike echosystem