OpenMetadata/docs/install/run-locally.md

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description: >-
  This installation doc will help you start a OpenMetadata standalone instance
  on your local machine.
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# Run Locally

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This is a quick start guide that will show you how to quickly start a standalone server.
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## Build from source or download the distribution

**Prerequisites**

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OpenMetadata is built using Java, DropWizard, Jetty, and MySQL.

1. Java 11 or above
2. MySQL 8 or above
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Follow these steps to checkout code from [Github](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata) and build OpenMetadata locally

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**Prerequisites**

Install [Apache Maven](https://maven.apache.org/install.html) 3.6 or higher
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```bash
# checkout OpenMetadata
git clone https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata
cd OpenMetadata

# build OpenMetadata
mvn install package -DskipTests

# navigate to directory containing the setup scripts
cd dist/target/
unzip openmetadata-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.zip
cd openmetadata-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
```
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Download the latest binary release from [OpenMetadata](https://open-metadata.org/download/), Once you have the tar file,

```bash
# untar it
tar -zxvf openmetadata-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT.tar.gz

# navigate to directory containing the launcher scripts
cd openmetadata-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT
```
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## Install on your local machine

### macOS

1. Setup Database

   * Install MySQL

   ```text
   brew install mysql
   ```

   * Configure MySQL

     ```text
     mysqladmin -u root password 'yourpassword'
     mysql -u root -p
     ```

   * Setup Database

     ```text
     mysql -u root -p
     CREATE DATABASE openmetadata_db;
     CREATE USER 'openmetadata_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'openmetadata_password';
     GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON openmetadata_db.* TO 'openmetadata_user'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
     commit;
     ```

2. Run bootstrap scripts to initiate the database and tables

   ```text
   cd $METADATA_HOME
   ./boostrap/bootstrap-storage.sh migrate
   ```

3. Start the OpenMetadata Server

   ```text
      ./bin/openmetadata.sh start
   ```