Binary Distribution

Use this guide to quickly start running Polaris using the pre-built binary distribution.

Prerequisites

• Java SE 21 or later installed on your machine

Running

Download and extract the binary distribution:

curl -L https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.0.0-incubating/polaris-bin-1.0.0-incubating.tgz | tar xz
cd polaris-distribution-1.0.0-incubating

Start the Polaris server:

bin/server

The server will start and listen on http://localhost:8181. Health and metrics endpoints are available under /q.

You can verify the server is running by checking the health endpoint:

curl http://localhost:8181/q/health