The Yugabyte DB Homebrew Tap
This is a custom Homebrew tap for official Yugabyte DB.
Setup
You can add the custom tap in a macOS terminal session using:
$ brew tap yugabyte/yugabytedb
Installing Formulae
Once the tap has been added locally, you can install individual software packages with:
$ brew install <formula>
For example:
- Install the latest available production release of YugabyteDB. This will currently install YUgabyte 2.0.5.2:
$ brew install yugabytedb
- Install Yugabyte CLI tools :
$ brew install yugabytedb-client
Default Paths for the Yugabyte Formula
In addition to installing the Yugabyte server and tool binaries, the yugabytedb formula creates:
- log directory path:
/usr/local/var/log/yugabyte - configuration file:
/usr/local/etc/yugabyte.conf - data directory path:
/usr/local/var/yugabyte_data
Starting the Yugabyte Server
Run yugabytedb as a service
To have start yugabytedb immediately and also restart at login, use:
$ brew services start yugabytedb
If you manage yugabyted as a service it will use the default paths listed above. To stop the server instance use:
$ brew services stop yugabytedb
Start yugabytedb manually
If you want yo run Yugayte manually then, you can run:
$ yugabyted start --config /usr/local/etc/yugabyte.conf
Note: if you do not include the --config option with a path to a configuration file, the Yugabyte server will start with the default config.