# Install Typesense

Here are a couple of available options to install and run Typesense.

# Option 1: Typesense Cloud

The easiest way to run Typesense is using our managed Cloud service called Typesense Cloud (opens new window).

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Pick a configuration and click on Launch. You'll have a ready-to-use cluster in a few minutes.
Then click on "Generate API Key", which will give you the hostnames and API keys to use in your code.

# Option 2: Local Machine / Self-Hosting

You can also run Typesense on your local machine or self-host it.

You'll find DEB, RPM and pre-built binaries for Linux and macOS on our downloads (opens new window) page.

We also publish official Docker images for Typesense on Docker hub (opens new window).

# Docker

# Docker Compose

mkdir "$(pwd)"/typesense-data

docker-compose up

# Kubernetes

There are a few community supported contributions for deploying on Kubernetes:

# Mac via Homebrew

Compatibility with macOS

The macOS native binary only works with macOS Ventura (13.x) or above.

For older versions of macOS, please use the Docker or Docker Compose installation method above.

For macOS running on Intel CPUs:

The default API key is xyz and the default port is 8108
The config file is at /usr/local/etc/typesense/typesense.ini
Logs are under /usr/local/var/log/typesense/
Data dir is under /usr/local/var/lib/typesense/

For macOS running on Apple Silicon CPUs:

The default API key is xyz and the default port is 8108
The config file is at /opt/homebrew/etc/typesense/typesense.ini
Logs are under /opt/homebrew/var/log/typesense/
Data dir is under /opt/homebrew/var/lib/typesense/

# Mac Binary

Compatibility with macOS

The macOS native binary only works with macOS Ventura (13.x) or above.

For older versions of macOS, please use the Docker or Docker Compose installation method above.

# DEB package on Ubuntu/Debian

The config file is at /etc/typesense/typesense-server.ini
- The admin API key is auto-generated and can be found inside the config file.
Logs are under /var/log/typesense/
Data dir is under /var/lib/typesense/

Compatibility

v26.0 of Typesense Server requires Ubuntu 20 or later.

# RPM package on CentOS/RHEL

The config file is at /etc/typesense/typesense-server.ini
- The admin API key is auto-generated and can be found inside the config file.
Logs are under /var/log/typesense/
Data dir is under /var/lib/typesense/

Compatibility

v26.0 of Typesense Server requires recent versions of the Linux kernel.

# Linux Binary

Compatibility

v26.0 of Typesense Server requires Ubuntu 20 or later or recent versions of the Linux kernel.

# Windows (WSL) (opens new window)

Note: Post install, you might see the message "installed typesense-server package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1". You can safely ignore this error message. Executing apt list --installed | grep typesense should show that installation was successful.

You can retrieve the hostname for the server on which Typesense is running using wsl hostname -I in cmd. You should be able to connect to this hostname/IP address directly from Windows.

If you'd like Typesense to be started at startup, you can create a BAT file with the command powershell.exe /c wsl.exe sudo /usr/bin/./typesense-server --config=/etc/typesense/typesense-server.ini and set it to execute at startup.

By default, Typesense will start on port 8108, and the installation will generate a random API key, which you can view/change from the configuration file at /etc/typesense/typesense-server.ini

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We are starting a single node here, but Typesense can also run in a clustered mode. See the High Availability section for more details.

# Using a GPU (optional)

Using a GPU will be handy for generating embeddings for vector search and for voice query.

You would have to install the following additional dependencies, after which Typesense will automatically make use of any available Nvidia GPUs:

Install CUDA following the instructions on Nvidia's site here (opens new window).

You want to specifically install the following versions of these packages: cuda=11.8.0-1, libcudnn8=8.9.2.26-1+cuda11.8 and libcudnn8-dev=8.9.2.26-1+cuda11.8 and their dependencies.
Install cuDNN following the instructions here (opens new window).

You want to specifically install the libcudnn8 and libcudnn8-dev packages.

Add the following to /etc/profile.d/cuda-path.sh:

export PATH=/usr/local/cuda/bin${PATH:+:${PATH}}
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:/usr/local/cuda/lib64
export CUDA_HOME=/usr/local/cuda

Install the Typesense GPU dependencies package:

# 🆗 Health Check

You can use the /health API end-point to verify that the server is ready to accept requests.

curl http://localhost:8108/health
{"ok":true}

# ⚙️ Configure Typesense

You can configure various Typesense Server settings using command line arguments. Read this reference article for more information on How To Configure Typesense Server.

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