Install RethinkDB on Windows

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Downloading

The Windows port of RethinkDB is now available early for RethinkDB 2.4.3! This is the first official 2.4.x Windows release.

Prerequisites: We provide native 64-bit binaries for Windows 7 and above. A 64-bit version of Windows is required.

Download the ZIP archive and unpack it in a directory of your choice.

The Windows port of RethinkDB is a recent addition and hasn’t received as much tuning as the Linux and OS X versions yet. Please report any performance issues on GitHub.

Running RethinkDB

The Windows version of RethinkDB, like the Linux/OS X versions, is executed from the command line. You’ll need to start the Windows command shell.

  • Press Win + X and click “Command Prompt”; or
  • Open the Start Menu, click “Run,” and type “cmd” ENTER

Use the cd command to go to the directory that you unpacked rethinkdb.exe in.

C:\Users\Slava\>cd RethinkDB
C:\Users\Slava\RethinkDB\>

Then, you can start RethinkDB with its default options.

C:\Users\Slava\RethinkDB\>rethinkdb.exe

You can also use any of the command line options to control configuration (as well as specify a configuration file).

To start with a specific data directory:

rethinkdb.exe -d c:\RethinkDB\data\

To specify a server name and another cluster to join:

rethinkdb.exe -n jarvis -j cluster.example.com

To install RethinkDB as a Windows service, read Start RethinkDB at system startup.

Compile from source

To build RethinkDB under Windows, you’ll need to download and extract the archive at https://download.rethinkdb.com/repository/raw/dist/rethinkdb-2.4.4.tgz. Requirements and build directions are in the WINDOWS.md file.

Next steps: Now that you’ve installed RethinkDB, it’s time to install client drivers for your language.