Installing ArangoDB on macOS

You can install ArangoDB on macOS in different ways:

• Homebrew
• DMG Package
• tar.gz Archive

Homebrew

If you are using homebrew, then you can install the latest released stable version of ArangoDB using brew as follows:

brew install arangodb

This will install the current stable version of ArangoDB and all dependencies within your Homebrew tree. The integrity of the homebrew formula is automatically verified by a checksum.

The server binary will be installed at:

/usr/local/Cellar/arangodb/<VERSION>/sbin/arangod

<VERSION> is a placeholder for the actual version number, e.g. 3.9.0.

You can start the server by running the command:

/usr/local/Cellar/arangodb/<VERSION>/sbin/arangod &

Configuration file is located at:

/usr/local/etc/arangodb3/arangod.conf

The ArangoDB shell will be installed as:

/usr/local/Cellar/arangodb/<VERSION>/bin/arangosh

You can uninstall ArangoDB using:

brew uninstall arangodb

However, in case you started ArangoDB using the launchctl, you need to unload it before uninstalling the server:

launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.arangodb.plist

Then remove the LaunchAgent:

rm ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.arangodb.plist

Known issues

• The command-line argument parsing does not accept blanks in filenames; the CLI version below does.

• If you need to change server endpoint while starting homebrew version, you can edit arangod.conf file and uncomment line with endpoint needed, e.g.:

  [server]
  endpoint = tcp://0.0.0.0:8529
  

Package Installation

ArangoDB provide a command-line app called ArangoDB-CLI.

Visit the official Download page of the ArangoDB website and download the DMG Package for macOS.

You may verify the download by comparing the SHA256 hash listed on the website to the hash of the file. For example, you can you run openssl sha256 <filename> or shasum -a 256 <filename> in a terminal. You may also run codesign --verify --verbose <filename> to validate the notarization of an executable.

You can install the application in your application folder.

Starting the application will start the server and open a terminal window showing you the log-file.

ArangoDB server has been started

The database directory is located at
   '/Users/<user>/Library/ArangoDB/var/lib/arangodb3'

The log file is located at
   '/Users/<user>/Library/ArangoDB/var/log/arangodb3/arangod.log'

You can access the server using a browser at 'http://127.0.0.1:8529/'
or start the ArangoDB shell
   '/Applications/ArangoDB3-CLI.app/Contents/Resources/arangosh'

Switching to log-file now, killing this windows will NOT stop the server.


2018-03-16T09:37:01Z [13373] INFO ArangoDB (version 3.3.4 [darwin]) is ready for business. Have fun!

Note that it is possible to install both, the homebrew version and the command-line app. You should, however, edit the configuration files of one version and change the port used.

Installing using the archive

1. Visit the official Download page of the ArangoDB website and download the tar.gz archive for macOS.

2. You may verify the download by comparing the SHA256 hash listed on the website to the hash of the file. For example, you can you run openssl sha256 <filename> or shasum -a 256 <filename> in a terminal.

3. Extract the archive by double-clicking the file.