Riak on Windows

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Solution 1

It does run, altough I havent managed to run it as a service yet.

Install CYGwin, install latest erlang, get source code, compile in cygwin

then the fun part, adjust according to your paths and place into a batch

c:\riak\rel\riak\erts-5.7.4\bin\erl -boot c:\riak\rel\riak\releases\0.8\riak -embedded -config c:\riak\rel\riak\etc\app.config -args_file c:\riak\rel\riak\etc\vm.args -- console

Regards

Solution 2

Looks like the riak source has several bash start scripts. You would have to convert those to a windows batch script equivalent. That could be a fairly interesting chore given how limited batch scripts are. Those start-*.sh files show how to start it up though so I'd start there.

The http://hg.basho.com/riak/src/tip/README Readme file has futher info on what each script does.

Solution 3

Riak can not be run on Windows, only on Linux and Mac.

Solution 4

An alternative is to run VMWare or VirtualBox and run Riak inside a Linux VM. Works great for me.

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Michael Edwards

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Updated on December 15, 2020

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Michael Edwards over 3 years

I want to play with Riak http://riak.basho.com/ or a least get it running on a Windows system. I have downloaded the source code and compiled it but that's where I get stuck, how do I start it?
- yazz.com about 14 years
  
  Did you ever get Riak installed on Windows? I am interested in doing the same.
yazz.com about 14 years

Do you have any step by step instructions I could follow to get Riak onto windows?
yazz.com about 14 years

Ok, I am going to try this now
yazz.com almost 12 years

If you can send me a link for Riak on Windows I would very much appreciate it, and then I will be happy to be disproved :)
mit almost 12 years

Kyle C. Quest shows in a video that it can be ported. It seems he did not publish his modifications? Here is his video: vimeo.com/29764118
mit almost 12 years

J. Peschka explains some difficulties he sees in doing a windows port here: riak-users.197444.n3.nabble.com/Windows-tt3757870.html#a3760‌693
mit almost 12 years

After all that I read it seems difficult to port it and it is not supported by basho, but that does not mean it's impossible to write and maintain a port.