From this repository you can build YDB Server and YDB CLI (Command Line Interface utility) executables. You can build using either Yatool or CMake:
:warning: Please make sure you have at least 80Gb of free space. We also recommend placing this directory on SSD to reduce build times.
mkdir ~/ydbwork && cd ~/ydbwork
git clone https://github.com/ydb-platform/ydb.git
Change the current working directory to the cloned repository root to perform further commands:
cd ydb
There are two branches for the latest development update in the YDB repository:
main
- the primary development branch for Yatool buildcmakebuild
- the follower branch for CMake build, synced from main
every hour, with generated CMakelists.txt filesBuild from the development mainline branches may sometimes be broken for short periods of time, and also some tests may fail. So, you may prefer to build the latest stable versions of YDB Server and CLI. As stable versions of the YDB Server and CLI belong to different commits, it is not possible to get both server and CLI stable executables with a single checkout/build. Checkout and build server first, then CLI, or vice versa.
Stable versions can be built by both Yatool and CMake.
By default, the main
branch is checked out, so you can run Yatool build without executing a checkout command.
To checkout the latest development update for CMake build, run the following command:
git checkout cmakebuild
To build the latest stable version of a YDB Server, check out the latest stable Server tag from the repository. To do so, visit the https://github.com/ydb-platform/ydb/releases/latest page and use the provided 'tag' value in the git checkout <tag>
command.
For example, at the time of writing the latest stable release was YDB Server 23.2.12 with a tag 23.2.12
, so the checkout command looks like this:
git checkout 23.2.12
To build a latest stable version of a YDB CLI, check out the latest stable CLI tag from the repository. To do so, visit the https://github.com/ydb-platform/ydb/releases page, scroll down to the top-most 'YDB CLI' release, and use the provided 'tag' value in the git checkout <tag>
command.
For example, at the time of writing the latest YDB CLI release was YDB CLI 2.5.0 with a tag CLI_2.5.0
, so the checkout command looks like this:
git checkout CLI_2.5.0
You can use the native Yatool build for x86_64 under Ubuntu Linux 18+.
Run ya make
from the repository root, followed by an optional relative path to the build target. By default, ya make
compiles a debug
configuration, while you can choose to have release
or relwithdebinfo
. The latter is recommended for faster builds, as it leverages the YDB remote build cache.
To build a binary, Yatool downloads and caches relevant toolchains from the YDB S3 storage, so you do not need to install anything on the build machine.
To build YDB server run:
./ya make ydb/apps/ydbd --build relwithdebinfo
To build YDB CLI run:
./ya make ydb/apps/ydb --build relwithdebinfo
Upon completion, you will have the ydbd
/ydb
executables in the ydb/apps/ydbd
/ydb/apps/ydb
directories, respectively.
You can read more about Yatool options in the YDB documentation.
You can use CMake to build YDB for various architectures and operating systems.
YDB server can be built for Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04 and 22.04. Other Linux distributions are likely to work, but additional effort may be required.
YDB CLI can be built for Ubuntu 18+, Windows, and macOS. Instructions below are provided for Ubuntu only, other options are to be described later.
It is recommended to build YDB on Ubuntu 22.04. Follow these additional instructions if you don't have access to it and need to use an earlier version.
sudo apt-get update && \
sudo apt-get -y install git cmake python3-pip ninja-build antlr3 m4 clang-14 lld-14 libidn11-dev \
libaio1 libaio-dev llvm-14 curl
sudo pip3 install conan==1.59 grpcio-tools==1.57.0
cd ~/ydbwork
mkdir build
Install ccache
into /usr/local/bin/
. The recommended version is 4.8.1
or above, the minimum required version is 4.7
.
(V=4.8.1; curl -L https://github.com/ccache/ccache/releases/download/v${V}/ccache-${V}-linux-x86_64.tar.xz | \
sudo tar -xJ -C /usr/local/bin/ --strip-components=1 --no-same-owner ccache-${V}-linux-x86_64/ccache)
To speed up the first build time, you may configure ccache
to use remote storage of YDB build artifacts:
ccache -o remote_storage="http://cachesrv.ydb.tech:8080|read-only|layout=bazel"
ccache -o sloppiness=locale
ccache -o base_dir=~/ydbwork/
If you use a non-default work directory, adjust the base_dir
ccache option to match it.
Change Conan's home folder to the build folder for better remote cache hit
export CONAN_USER_HOME=~/ydbwork/build
Generate build configuration using ccache
cd build
cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-DCCACHE_PATH=/usr/local/bin/ccache \
-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=../ydb/clang.toolchain \
../ydb
To build YDB Server run:
ninja ydb/apps/ydbd/all
A YDB server binary can be found at:
ydb/apps/ydbd/ydbd
To build YDB CLI (Command Line Interface utility) run:
ninja ydb/apps/ydb/all
A YDB CLI binary can be found at:
ydb/apps/ydb/ydb