Single instance deployments

Using a single server or single instance means to run the ArangoDB server binary arangod stand-alone, without replication, without failover opportunity, and not as a cluster together with other nodes.

You may run multiple processes of arangod side-by-side on the same machine as single instances, as long as they are configured for different ports and data folders.

Unlike other setups (Cluster, OneShard) which require some specific procedure to be started once ArangoDB has been installed, deploying a single instance is straightforward.

The following are two ways that can be used to start the stand-alone instance:

• Using the ArangoDB Starter tool, or
• manually.