Quickstart

Use this guide to quickly start running Polaris. This is not intended for production use.

Prerequisites

• Have Docker (with Docker Compose v2) installed & running on your machine

Running

Run the following command:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/polaris/main/getting-started/quickstart/docker-compose.yml | docker compose -f - up

This command will:

1. Create a Catalog named quickstart_catalog with MinIO-backed storage.
2. Create a user principal quickstart_user with full access to the catalog.

Once the command has been run, you will see examples on how to interact with this Polaris server in the logs.