Apache Flink - Setup/Installation



Before the start with the setup/ installation of Apache Flink, let us check whether we have Java 8 installed in our system.

Java - version

Installation1

We will now proceed by downloading Apache Flink.

wget http://mirrors.estointernet.in/apache/flink/flink-1.7.1/flink-1.7.1-bin-scala_2.11.tgz
Installation2

Now, uncompress the tar file.

tar -xzf flink-1.7.1-bin-scala_2.11.tgz
Installation3

Go to Flink's home directory.

cd flink-1.7.1/

Start the Flink Cluster.

./bin/start-cluster.sh
Installation4

Open the Mozilla browser and go to the below URL, it will open the Flink Web Dashboard.

http://localhost:8081

This is how the User Interface of Apache Flink Dashboard looks like.

Flink cluster

Now the Flink cluster is up and running.

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