Milvus Standalone Installation

Milvus standalone installation using Docker compose #

Install docker compose using the below command:

curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.26.0/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose

Download the YAML file #

Download milvus-standalone-docker-compose.yml and save it as docker-compose.yml manually, or with the following command.

wget https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/releases/download/v2.3.12/milvus-standalone-docker-compose.yml -O docker-compose.yml

Start Milvus #

In the directory that holds docker-compose.yml, start Milvus by running the below command:

sudo docker compose up -d

Verify the Installation #

Now check if the containers are up and running.

sudo docker compose ps

After Milvus standalone starts, there will be three docker containers running, including the Milvus standalone service and its two dependencies.

Connect to milvus cli using docker #

docker run -it zilliz/milvus_cli:latest

Milvus standalone installation using RPM #

Install Milvus with yum on RedHat9

sudo yum install -y https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/releases/download/v2.3.12/milvus-2.3.12-1.el9.x86_64.rpm
sudo systemctl restart milvus
sudo systemctl status milvus
sudo systemctl enable milvus

Connect to milvus using python3 #

Install pymilvus package

pip3 install pymilvus==2.3.1

python3 connected:

from pymilvus import connections
connections.connect(
  alias="default", 
  host='172.**.**.8', 
  port='19530'
)

Milvus standalone SSL installation using RPM #

Install Milvus with yum on RedHat9.

sudo yum install -y https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/releases/download/v2.3.12/milvus-2.3.12-1.el9.x86_64.rpm

vi /etc/milvus/configs/milvus.yaml

tls:
serverPemPath: /etc/ssl/certs/sa-certs/my_key_store.crt
serverKeyPath: /etc/ssl/certs/sa-certs/my_store.key
caPemPath: /etc/ssl/certs/sa-certs/gathr_impetus_com.pem

security:
tlsMode: 2

sudo systemctl restart milvus
sudo systemctl status milvus
sudo systemctl enable milvus

Connect to milvus using python3 #

pip3 install pymilvus==2.3.1
python3

from pymilvus import connections

_HOST = '10.80.**.***'
_PORT = '19530'

print(f"\nCreate connection...")
connections.connect(host=_HOST, port=_PORT, secure=True, client_pem_path="/etc/ssl/certs/sa-certs/my_key_store.crt",
client_key_path="/etc/ssl/certs/sa-certs/my_store.key",
ca_pem_path="/etc/ssl/certs/sa-certs/gathr_impetus_com.pem", server_name="10.80.**.***")
print(f"\nList connections:")
print(connections.list_connections())