Starting Manually ================= We are going to start two single server instances and one _Agency_. First we need to start the _Agent_: ```bash arangod \ --agency.activate true \ --agency.endpoint tcp://agency.domain.org:4001 \ --agency.my-address tcp://agency.domain.org:4001 \ --agency.pool-size 1 \ --agency.size 1 \ --database.directory dbdir/data4001 \ --javascript.v8-contexts 1 \ --server.endpoint tcp://agency.domain.org:4001 \ --server.statistics false \ --server.threads 16 \ --log.file dbdir/4001.log \ --log.level INFO \ | tee dbdir/4001.stdout 2>&1 & ``` Next we are going to start the _leader_ (wait until this server is fully started) ```bash arangod \ --database.directory dbdir/data8530 \ --cluster.agency-endpoint tcp://agency.domain.org:4001 \ --cluster.my-address tcp://leader.domain.org:4001 \ --server.endpoint tcp://leader.domain.org:4001 \ --cluster.my-role SINGLE \ --replication.active-failover true \ --log.file dbdir/8530.log \ --server.statistics true \ --server.threads 5 \ | tee cluster/8530.stdout 2>&1 & ``` After the _leader_ server is fully started then you can add additional _followers_, with basically the same startup parameters (except for their address and database directory) ```bash arangod \ --database.directory dbdir/data8531 \ --cluster.agency-endpoint tcp://agency.domain.org:4001 \ --cluster.my-address tcp://leader.domain.org:4001 \ --server.endpoint tcp://leader.domain.org:4001 \ --cluster.my-role SINGLE \ --replication.active-failover true \ --log.file dbdir/8531.log \ --server.statistics true \ --server.threads 5 \ | tee cluster/8531.stdout 2>&1 & ```