This document guides you on how to quickly set up and connect to a single-node Cloudberry Database in a Docker environment. You can try out Cloudberry Database by performing some basic operations and running SQL commands.

Prerequisites​

Make sure that your environment meets the following requirements:

• Platform requirement: Any platform with Docker runtime. For details, refer to Get Started with Docker.
• Other dependencies: Git, SSH, and internet connection

Build the Sandbox​

This section introduces how to set up the Docker container in which the source code of Cloudberry Database v1.5.1 (released in Cloudberry Database Release Page) will be compiled. In this CentOS 7.9 Docker container, a single-node cluster will be initialized with one coordinator and two segments. Both x86 and ARM CPUs (including Apple chips) are supported.

Build steps:

1. Start Docker Desktop and make sure it is running properly on your host platform.

2. Download this repository (which is cloudberrydb/bootcamp) to the target machine.

   git clone https://github.com/cloudberrydb/bootcamp.git
   

3. Enter the repository and run the run.sh script to start the Docker container. This will start the automatic installation process.

   cd bootcamp/000-cbdb-sandbox
   chmod +x ./run.sh
   sudo ./run.sh
   

   Once the script finishes without error, the sandbox is built successfully.

Connect to the database​

You can now connect to the database and try some basic operations.

1. Connect to the Docker container from the host machine:

   docker exec -it $(docker ps -q) /bin/bash
   

   If it is successful, you will see the following prompt:

   [root@mdw /]$
   

2. Log into Cloudberry Database in Docker. See the following commands and example outputs:

   [root@mdw /] su - gpadmin  # Switches to the gpadmin user.
   
   # Last login: Tue Oct 24 10:26:14 CST 2023 on pts/1
   
   [gpadmin@mdw ~]$ psql  # Connects to the database with the default database name "gpadmin".
   
   # psql (14.4, server 14.4)
   # Type "help" for help.
   

   gpadmin=# SELECT VERSION();  -- Checks the database version.
                                                                                           version
   
   -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   -----
   PostgreSQL 14.4 (Cloudberry Database 1.0.0 build dev) on aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 10.2.1 20210130 (Red Hat 10.2.1-11), 64-bit compiled on Oct 24 2023 10:24:28
   (1 row)
   

In addition to using the docker exec command, you can also use the ssh command. This command will connect to the database with the default database name gpadmin:

ssh gpadmin@localhost # Password: cbdb@123

Now you have a Cloudberry Database and can continue with 101 Cloudberry Database Tutorials! Enjoy!