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Installation
Head to arangodb.com/download, 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 using homebrew under MacOS X, start the
server by running /usr/local/sbin/arangod.
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 Deployment.
{% hint 'info' %} ArangoDB offers two storage engines: MMFiles and RocksDB. Choose the one which suits your needs best in the installation process or on first startup. {% endhint %}
Securing the installation
The default installation contains one database _system and a user named root.
Debian based packages and the Windows installer will ask for a password during the installation process. Red-Hat based packages will set a random password. For all other installation packages you need to execute
shell> arango-secure-installation
This will ask for a root password and sets this password.