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Install the Aerospike XDR Proxy

Download the installer​

Starting with version 2.0.0, a single installer handles both XDR connector 5.0 wire protocol and HTTP. Go to the Aerospike Enterprise downloads site to download the connector package for your platform. The connector is supported on both amd64 and arm64 architectures.

Remember to set the protocol based on the change notification source. See protocol for details.

Prerequisites​

Aerospike Database change notification configuration​

note

Streaming from Aerospike requires you to configure your Aerospike database to send change notifications. For the steps, see Configuring Change Notification for Use with Connectors.

Deploying on Docker​

Aerospike provides Docker images for the XDR Proxy on Docker Hub. Choose the version compatible with your Aerospike database.

sudo docker run -p 8901:8901 -v /home/aerospike/Downloads/aerospike-xdr-proxy.yml:/etc/aerospike-xdr-proxy/aerospike-xdr-proxy.yml aerospike/aerospike-xdr-proxy:3.2.0

Installing on Linux​

Prerequisites​

Supported operating systems​

The connector is supported on the following operating systems:

  • RHEL (8 and 9)
  • Ubuntu 20.04
  • Ubuntu 22.04
  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  • Debian 11
  • Debian 12

Java Runtime Environment​

This connector is a Java web-application that requires Java 11 or later. Both Oracle and OpenJDK Java Runtime Environments are supported.

Java Runtime Environment​

Java 17 is supported with XDR Proxy versions 1.2.0 and higher.

Compatibility with versions of Aerospike Database Enterprise Edition​

  • If you are using Aerospike Database Enterprise Edition version 5.6 or later, ensure that you use version 1.1.0 or later of the XDR Proxy connector.

  • If you are using Aerospike Database Enterprise Edition version 5.5 or earlier, you may use any version of the XDR Proxy connector.

Installation​

The following installation steps apply to both the Debian (*.deb) and RHEL (*.rpm) packages. We point out any significant differences between the supported platforms.

Install Java 11 or later version​

The XDR Proxy package does not include a Java runtime environment. Most supported platforms provide official JDK 11 packages. For platforms that do not, you can get Oracle's JDK 11 builds from jdk.java.net/11/.

RHEL, CentOS, etc.

$ sudo yum install java-11-openjdk

Debian, Ubuntu, etc.

$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jre

Install connector package​

Starting with version 2.0.0, there is a single installer that handles both XDR connector 5.0 wire protocol and HTTP. Go to the Aerospike Enterprise downloads site to download the connector package for your platform. The connector is supported on both amd64 and arm64 architectures.

Remember to set the protocol based on the change notification source. See protocol for details

RHEL, CentOS, etc.

$ sudo rpm -i aerospike-xdr-proxy-3.2.0-1.noarch.rpm

Debian, Ubuntu, etc.

$ sudo dpkg -i aerospike-xdr-proxy-3.2.0.all.deb

Verify connector configuration​

The configuration file for the connector is in /etc/aerospike-xdr-proxy/. Update it if necessary. For details on how to configure the connector, see the Configuration Guide.

Start the connector​

The connector package includes a systemd service definition. The installation procedure creates an aerospike-xdr-proxy service.

Enable the connector to start on system startup or reboot:

Version 2.0.0 or later​

$ sudo systemctl enable aerospike-xdr-proxy

To start the connector service run:

$ sudo systemctl start aerospike-xdr-proxy
Configure Connector