Exasol Personal

Exasol Personal gives you a full Exasol database for personal use. Run it locally on macOS, Linux, or Windows, or deploy it into your own AWS, Azure, Exoscale, or STACKIT account.

The Exasol Launcher (exasol) installs and manages the database from the command line. It can provision infrastructure, start and stop deployments, display connection details, and open SQL or shell sessions.

These pages describe the product version selected in the version menu. Choose the version that matches your installed launcher when commands or supported capabilities differ between releases.

Quick start

To install and run Exasol Personal locally on macOS, Linux, or Windows, follow these steps.

Install the launcher:

curl https://downloads.exasol.com/exasol-personal/installer.sh | sh

The installer places the exasol binary in ~/.local/bin. If that directory is not in PATH, follow the instructions printed by the installer.

Install and start the database:

exasol install local

Connect to your database:

exasol connect

Type any SQL statement terminated by ;. For example, test your connection with SELECT 1;. See the Exasol SQL reference for the full syntax.

Detailed user guides

• Install the launcher, then run Exasol locally or deploy it to the cloud.
• Connect to the database and load the sample data.
• Learn how to manage one or more deployments.
• Check the system requirements and product limitations.
• Look up a term in the glossary.

Key capabilities

• Start a local database on macOS, Linux, or Windows in seconds.
• Provision single-node or multi-node deployments in supported clouds.
• Connect AI agents and automation through the scriptable CLI.
• Run analytics with Exasol's in-memory, massively parallel database engine.
• Use the full Exasol Database feature set without an artificial data-size limit.

Exasol Personal is free for personal use under the applicable license terms.