Manual cluster setup

This quick start guide will show you how to set up a Pinot cluster manually.

Start Pinot components (scripts or Docker images)

A manual cluster setup consists of the following components - 1. Zookeeper 2. Controller 3. Broker 4. Server 5. Kafka

We will run each of these components in separate containers

Docker

Start Pinot Components using docker

Prerequisites

If running locally, please ensure your docker cluster has enough resources, below is a sample config.

Sample docker resources

Pull docker image

You can try out the pre-built Pinot all-in-one docker image.

export PINOT_VERSION=0.9.0
export PINOT_IMAGE=apachepinot/pinot:${PINOT_VERSION}
docker pull ${PINOT_IMAGE}

(Optional) You can also follow the instructions here to build your own images.

0. Create a Network

Create an isolated bridge network in docker

docker network create -d bridge pinot-demo

1. Start Zookeeper

Start Zookeeper in daemon mode. This is a single node zookeeper setup. Zookeeper is the central metadata store for Pinot and should be set up with replication for production use. For more information, see Running Replicated Zookeeper.

docker run \
    --network=pinot-demo \
    --name  pinot-zookeeper \
    --restart always \
    -p 2181:2181 \
    -d zookeeper:3.5.6

2. Start Pinot Controller

Start Pinot Controller in daemon and connect to Zookeeper.

The command below expects a 4GB memory container. Please tune-Xms and-Xmx if your machine doesn't have enough resources.

docker run --rm -ti \
    --network=pinot-demo \
    --name pinot-controller \
    -p 9000:9000 \
    -e JAVA_OPTS="-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms1G -Xmx4G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-controller.log" \
    -d ${PINOT_IMAGE} StartController \
    -zkAddress pinot-zookeeper:2181

3. Start Pinot Broker

Start Pinot Broker in daemon and connect to Zookeeper.

The command below expects a 4GB memory container. Please tune-Xms and-Xmx if your machine doesn't have enough resources.

docker run --rm -ti \
    --network=pinot-demo \
    --name pinot-broker \
    -p 8099:8099 \
    -e JAVA_OPTS="-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms4G -Xmx4G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-broker.log" \
    -d ${PINOT_IMAGE} StartBroker \
    -zkAddress pinot-zookeeper:2181

4. Start Pinot Server

Start Pinot Server in daemon and connect to Zookeeper.

The command below expects a 16GB memory container. Please tune-Xms and-Xmx if your machine doesn't have enough resources.

docker run --rm -ti \
    --network=pinot-demo \
    --name pinot-server \
    -e JAVA_OPTS="-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms4G -Xmx16G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-server.log" \
    -d ${PINOT_IMAGE} StartServer \
    -zkAddress pinot-zookeeper:2181

5. Start Kafka

Optionally, you can also start Kafka for setting up realtime streams. This brings up the Kafka broker on port 9092.

docker run --rm -ti \
    --network pinot-demo --name=kafka \
    -e KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT=pinot-zookeeper:2181/kafka \
    -e KAFKA_BROKER_ID=0 \
    -e KAFKA_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME=kafka \
    -d wurstmeister/kafka:latest

Now all Pinot related components are started as an empty cluster.

You can run the below command to check container status.

docker container ls -a

Sample Console Output

CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                       COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                                  NAMES
9ec20e4463fa        wurstmeister/kafka:latest   "start-kafka.sh"         43 minutes ago      Up 43 minutes                                                              kafka
0775f5d8d6bf        apachepinot/pinot:latest    "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   44 minutes ago      Up 44 minutes       8096-8099/tcp, 9000/tcp                                pinot-server
64c6392b2e04        apachepinot/pinot:latest    "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   44 minutes ago      Up 44 minutes       8096-8099/tcp, 9000/tcp                                pinot-broker
b6d0f2bd26a3        apachepinot/pinot:latest    "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   45 minutes ago      Up 45 minutes       8096-8099/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp                  pinot-quickstart
570416fc530e        zookeeper:3.5.6             "/docker-entrypoint.…"   45 minutes ago      Up 45 minutes       2888/tcp, 3888/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2181->2181/tcp, 8080/tcp   pinot-zookeeper

Docker Compose

Start Pinot Components using Docker Compose

Prerequisites

If running locally, please ensure your docker cluster has enough resources, below is a sample config.

Sample docker resources

Create a file called docker-compose.yml that contains the following:

docker-compose.yml

version: '3.7'
services:
  zookeeper:
    image: zookeeper:3.5.6
    hostname: zookeeper
    container_name: manual-zookeeper
    ports:
      - "2181:2181"
    environment:
      ZOOKEEPER_CLIENT_PORT: 2181
      ZOOKEEPER_TICK_TIME: 2000
  pinot-controller:
    image: apachepinot/pinot:0.9.0
    command: "StartController -zkAddress manual-zookeeper:2181"
    container_name: "manual-pinot-controller"
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "9000:9000"
    environment:
      JAVA_OPTS: "-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms1G -Xmx4G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-controller.log"
    depends_on:
      - zookeeper
  pinot-broker:
    image: apachepinot/pinot:0.9.0
    command: "StartBroker -zkAddress manual-zookeeper:2181"
    restart: unless-stopped
    container_name: "manual-pinot-broker"
    ports:
      - "8099:8099"
    environment:
      JAVA_OPTS: "-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms4G -Xmx4G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-broker.log"
    depends_on:
      - pinot-controller
  pinot-server:
    image: apachepinot/pinot:0.9.0
    command: "StartServer -zkAddress manual-zookeeper:2181"
    restart: unless-stopped
    container_name: "manual-pinot-server" 
    environment:
      JAVA_OPTS: "-Dplugins.dir=/opt/pinot/plugins -Xms4G -Xmx16G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-server.log"
    depends_on:
      - pinot-broker

Using launcher scripts

Prerequisites

Follow this instruction in Getting Pinot to get Pinot

Start Pinot components via launcher scripts

1. Start Zookeeper

cd apache-pinot-${PINOT_VERSION}-bin
bin/pinot-admin.sh StartZookeeper \
  -zkPort 2191

You can use Zooinspector to browse the Zookeeper instance.

2. Start Pinot Controller

The examples below are for Java 8 users.

For Java 11+ users, please remove the GC settings insideJAVA_OPTS. So it looks like: export JAVA_OPTS="-Xms4G -Xmx8G"

export JAVA_OPTS="-Xms4G -Xmx8G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-controller.log"
bin/pinot-admin.sh StartController \
    -zkAddress localhost:2191 \
    -controllerPort 9000

3. Start Pinot Broker

export JAVA_OPTS="-Xms4G -Xmx4G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-broker.log"
bin/pinot-admin.sh StartBroker \
    -zkAddress localhost:2191

4. Start Pinot Server

export JAVA_OPTS="-Xms4G -Xmx16G -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=200 -Xloggc:gc-pinot-server.log"
bin/pinot-admin.sh StartServer \
    -zkAddress localhost:2191

5. Start Kafka

bin/pinot-admin.sh  StartKafka \ 
  -zkAddress=localhost:2191/kafka \
  -port 19092

Now all Pinot related components are started as an empty cluster.

Run docker-compose up to launch all the components.

You can run the below command to check container status.

docker container ls 

Sample Console Output

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                     COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS              PORTS                                                                     NAMES
ba5cb0868350   apachepinot/pinot:0.9.0   "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   8096-8099/tcp, 9000/tcp                                                   manual-pinot-server
698f160852f9   apachepinot/pinot:0.9.0   "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   8096-8098/tcp, 9000/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8099->8099/tcp, :::8099->8099/tcp        manual-pinot-broker
b1ba8cf60d69   apachepinot/pinot:0.9.0   "./bin/pinot-admin.s…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   8096-8099/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp, :::9000->9000/tcp                  manual-pinot-controller
54e7e114cd53   zookeeper:3.5.6           "/docker-entrypoint.…"   About a minute ago   Up About a minute   2888/tcp, 3888/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2181->2181/tcp, :::2181->2181/tcp, 8080/tcp   manual-zookeeper

Now it's time to start adding data to the cluster. Check out some of the Recipes or follow the Batch upload sample data and Stream sample data for instructions on loading your own data.