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title: "Download Aerospike tools"
description: "Learn how to download Aerospike tools manually or via automated scripts for 64-bit Linux and macOS systems."
---

# Download Aerospike tools

> For the complete documentation index see: [llms.txt](https://aerospike.com/docs/llms.txt)
> 
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This page describes how to download Aerospike tools manually, and how to automate downloads.

Aerospike tools are optimized for 64-bit Linux distributions and come packaged as Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages and Debian packages. Tools are also provided on macOS.

## Download tools packages manually

You can download Aerospike tools manually from the [download page](https://aerospike.com/download/tools/), which includes details about supported operating systems and architectures. For additional information, see the [Tools release notes](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/tools/release-notes).

## Automate tools package downloads

You can automate tools package downloads from the artifact repository. For more information, see the [FAQ on downloads](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/reference/faq#download).

**Base URL:** `https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-tools/VERSION/`

The tools packages use the following naming convention: `aerospike-tools_VERSION_DISTRO_ARCHITECTURE.tgz`

::: tip
See the [download page](https://aerospike.com/download/tools/) or the [Tools release notes](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/tools/release-notes) to learn about supported distributions and architectures for your tools version.
:::

In the following examples, replace _VERSION_, _DISTRO_, and _ARCHITECTURE_ according to the tools version you want to download. You can browse for available downloads in the [latest directory](https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-tools/latest/).

Terminal window

```bash
wget -O aerospike-tools.tgz https://download.aerospike.com/artifacts/aerospike-tools/VERSION/aerospike-tools_VERSION_DISTRO_ARCHITECTURE.tgz
```

## Configuration

Aerospike Tools can read startup options from a common configuration file. See [Aerospike Tools Configuration File](https://aerospike.com/docs/database/tools/conffile).