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Developer Edition runs on one host and does not require a product license file. Need multi-host deployment or performance testing at scale? Explore Enterprise Edition

Developer Edition overview

NebulaGraph Database Developer Edition is a graph database for learning graph data modeling, writing graph queries, and developing applications. It uses a single-host deployment, with storage, query processing, and other database services running on the same development machine.

Use cases

  • Learn graph data modeling. Define graph structures and use nodes and edges to represent data and relationships.
  • Write and test queries. Use GQL (Graph Query Language) to create graphs and insert, query, update, and delete data. Check that your queries return the expected results.
  • Develop and test applications. Use an SDK or the REST API to access NebulaGraph Database Developer Edition from your application and test data access and application features.

Limits

Developer Edition is for learning and application development only. Production use is not supported. Each instance can store up to 1 GB of data. You cannot scale an instance by adding Docker hosts. See Capabilities and limits for other restrictions.

To test with large datasets or run performance tests, contact Vesoft to get Enterprise Edition.

Deployment

Developer Edition supports Docker Compose deployment only. Docker Compose uses a configuration file to start the containers required by NebulaGraph Database Developer Edition.

You do not need to request or configure a license file for Developer Edition. See Deploy with Docker Compose for deployment steps.

Get started

Follow the Quick start to deploy NebulaGraph Database Developer Edition, load the movie sample dataset, and run queries. See Graph data concepts for explanations of nodes, edges, types, and graphs.

After running your first query, you can follow the Application tutorials to build an application that looks up a movie's cast.