Installation
Head to arangodb.ai/downloads/, select your operating system, and download ArangoDB. You may also follow the instructions on how to install with a package manager, if available.
If you installed a binary package under Linux, the server is automatically started.
If you installed ArangoDB under Windows as a service, the server is
automatically started. Otherwise, run the arangod.exe located in the
installation folder’s bin directory. You may have to run it as administrator
to grant it write permissions to C:\Program Files.
For more in-depth information on how to install ArangoDB, as well as available startup parameters, installation in a cluster and so on, see Installation and Deploy.
Securing the Installation
The default installation contains one database _system and a user
named root.
Debian-based packages and the Windows installer ask for a password during the installation process. Red-Hat based packages set a random password. You can change the password with the following command, which asks for a new root password and sets it:
shell> arango-secure-installation
If you use the tar.gz archives, see
Securing your installation
instead.
The password that is set for the root user during the installation of the ArangoDB package has no effect in case of deployments done with the ArangoDB Starter. See Securing Starter Deployments instead.