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<h1>Quickstart using Bash scripts</h1>
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<p>Create, start, and stop Kudu cluster using shell scripts</p>
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<h2 id="_start_kudu_cluster">Start Kudu cluster</h2>
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<p>Create and start Kudu cluster with one master and three tablet servers</p>
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<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">cd build/latest
../../src/kudu/scripts/start_kudu.sh</code></pre>
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<h2 id="_check_kudu_master_server_web_interface">Check Kudu master server web interface</h2>
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<p>Open in browser: <a href="http://localhost:8765/" class="bare">http://localhost:8765/</a></p>
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<h2 id="_generate_and_load_some_data_into_kudu">Generate and load some data into Kudu</h2>
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<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">./bin/kudu perf loadgen 127.0.0.1:8764 --keep_auto_table=true --num_rows_per_thread=100000 --run_scan=true</code></pre>
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<h2 id="_query_kudu_servers">Query Kudu servers</h2>
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<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">./bin/kudu master get_flags 127.0.0.1:8764
./bin/kudu tserver get_flags 127.0.0.1:9870</code></pre>
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<h2 id="_stop_kudu_cluster">Stop Kudu cluster</h2>
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<pre class="highlight"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash">../../src/kudu/scripts/stop_kudu.sh</code></pre>
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