For installation of MonetDB software suite, follow the link provided in the first item of the list below. Items two and three introduce database cluster creation and database creation in a cluster with monetdbd and monetdb command line interfaces, respectively. Item four is a tutorial for a demo database. This tutorial utilizes datasets of the records kept by the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie in Dutch, hence the abbreviation VOC) concerning voyages conducted over several centuries of trade.
Guides on this page simplify and/or ommit important details about deploying MonetDB database server for a production setting.
Details are available in Server Setup & Configuration page of Administrator section.
Install MonetDB software
Instructions according to supported operating systems and user interfaces.
Create a database cluster
How to create and start a database cluster using monetdbd command line interface.
Create a database
How to create and start a database using monetdb command line interface.
Tutorial: VOC Database
Database setup, administration and introduction to MonetDB/SQL.