StarRocks Debian Packaging

This directory contains the scripts and metadata required to build standard .deb packages for StarRocks (FE, BE, and CN).

Prerequisites

• Bash 4.0+
• dpkg (providing dpkg-deb version >= 1.19.0 for --root-owner-group support)
• StarRocks build artifacts: You must build StarRocks from source first to generate the out/ directories.

Building Packages

Run the build script from this directory: ./build.sh <version> [path_to_fe_out] [path_to_be_out] [arch] [path_to_cn_out]

Example: ./build.sh 4.0.4 ../../out/fe ../../out/be amd64 ../../out/be

Installation

Install the generated packages using apt: sudo apt install ./starrocks-fe_4.0.4_amd64.deb

Note: starrocks-be and starrocks-cn are mutually exclusive and cannot be installed on the same host simultaneously.

Service Management

The packages include systemd units for easy management:

• sudo systemctl start starrocks-fe
• sudo systemctl enable starrocks-be
• sudo systemctl status starrocks-cn

Directory Structure

• /etc/starrocks/<comp>: Configuration files (Root-owned, 640/750 permissions)
• /usr/lib/starrocks/<comp>: Binaries and shared libraries
• /var/lib/starrocks/<comp>: Metadata (FE) or Data Storage (BE/CN)
• /var/log/starrocks/<comp>: Component-specific logs