OpenText Analytics Database community edition (CE)

The OpenText Analytics Database Community Edition (CE) is a free, limited license that OpenText provides users so that they can get a hands-on introduction to the platform.

The OpenText™ Analytics Database Community Edition (CE) is a free, limited license that OpenText provides users so that they can get a hands-on introduction to the platform. It allows you to deploy up to three nodes using a maximum of 1TB of data.

As part of the CE license, you agree to the collection of some anonymous, non-identifying usage data. This data lets Vertica understand how customers use the product, and helps guide the development of new features. None of your personal data is collected. For details on what is collected, see the Community Edition End User License Agreement.

OpenText provides two options to use the Community Edition:

CE container image. Container images require a container engine such as Docker Desktop. For installation details, see the official Docker documentation.
OpenText™ Analytics Database Community Edition Virtual Machine (CE VM), which is available for download on the OpenText™ Analytics Database website.

CE container image

The CE image is a single-node, lightweight alternative to the OpenText™ Analytics Database CE VM. OpenText provides two options to get the CE container image:

Pull the image from the OpenText™ Analytics Database DockerHub registry.
Build a custom CE image using the one-node-ce GitHub repository. This requires the free CE trial RPM.

The CE container environment includes the following:

VMart example database
admintools
vsql
Developer libraries

Important

Use the OpenText™ Analytics Database CE container image with the following limitations:

There is a two-day verification period before CE licenses are issued.
CE images expire after 1 year.

For more information about OpenText™ Analytics Database licensing, see Managing licenses.

OpenText Analytics Database CE VM

The OpenText™ Analytics Database CE VM is a preconfigured Linux environment that includes:

OpenText™ Analytics Database Community Edition with the VMart example database
Management Console
admintools
vsql
A tutorial that guides you through a series of common tasks

Note

The OpenText™ Analytics Database CE VM is not supported for production use.

For a preview of the tutorial included in the OpenText™ Analytics Database CE VM, see the OpenText™ Analytics Database CE VM User Guide.

To download and install the OpenText™ Analytics Database CE VM, follow the instructions in the OpenText™ Analytics Database CE VM Installation Guide.