Install Aerospike on Linux
Aerospike Database is optimized for 64-bit Linux distributions, and comes packaged as Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages, Debian packages, binary and source tarballs.
Check the platform support page for information about the versions currently supported.
Download Aerospike Database
You can download the Aerospike Database server manually from the Download page. Make sure to read the release notes of the version you are downloading. Alternatively, you can automate downloading versions of the server from the artifact repository. See the FAQ on downloads for details.
Base URL
https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-server-<edition>/<server-version>/
Server version 6.2 and newer
Starting with server version 6.2 where support for 64-bit ARM is introduced, the server package follows the following naming convention:
aerospike-server-<edition>_<server-version>_tools-<tools-version>_<distro>_<architecture>.tgz
edition: community, enterprise, federal
server-version: 6.2.0.0, and so on
tools-version: 8.0.2 and later
distro: debian10, debian11, debian12,ubuntu18.04, ubuntu20.04, ubuntu22.04, RHEL el7, el8, el9, amzn2023
architecture: x86_64, aarch64 based on uname -m
wget -O aerospike.tgz https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-server-enterprise/6.2.0.0/aerospike-server-enterprise_6.2.0.0_tools-8.0.2_el8_x86_64.tgz
Prior to server version 6.2
Prior to version 6.2, Aerospike Database servers were all intended to run only on Linux distros and the x86_64 architecture.
aerospike-server-<edition>-<version>-<distro>.tgz
edition: community, enterprise, federal
version: 6.1.0.3, and so on
distro: debian10, debian11, ubuntu20.04, ubuntu22.04, RHEL el7, el8, el9
wget -O aerospike.tgz https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-server-enterprise/6.1.0.3/aerospike-server-enterprise-6.1.0.3-el8.tgz
Install Aerospike Database
It is not necessary to use homogeneous versions or distributions of Linux for all nodes in a cluster, but all nodes must run on supported Linux distributions. In addition, using heterogeneous OS versions might cause troubleshooting to be difficult, because of an increased number of variables to consider.
Install on Red Hat
Install Aerospike Database on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), CentOS, Rocky Linux, Amazon Linux 2023,
Oracle Linux, and other Linux distributions using RPMs (.rpm) and compatible with RHEL el8+.
Amazon Linux 2023, available for server 6.4 and later, uses its own RPM no longer compatible with RHEL 7+.
Support for Amazon Linux 2 and RHEL 7 were removed in server 7.0.
Install on Ubuntu
Install Aerospike Server on Ubuntu using Debian packages (.deb).
Install on Debian
Install Aerospike Server on Debian using .deb packages.
Install using Binary Package
Install Aerospike Database Community Edition (CE) using a precompiled binary for Linux.
Building from Source
Build Aerospike CE from source on a 64-bit GNU/Linux system. Source code and instructions are available at the aerospike/aerospike-server repository on Github.
Tuning Best Practices
Follow the Linux tuning best practices to configure your servers for stability and performance.