Metabase installation on Windows

Overview

Metabase is a kind of Business Intelligence tool and Open Source Software itself. Here it shows how to install Metabase on windows with OpenJDK.

Environments

OS : Windows10
JDK : OpenJDK 13.0.2
Metabase : version 0.33.4

Step1 : Installation of JDK

According to Metabase website、Metabase works with OpenJDK or OracleJDK. This example uses OpenJDK13 from following URL.

https://jdk.java.net/archive/

After downloding OpenJDK13 zip file, decompress and put it in the any folder. This is a example path to java.exe in case you make the metabace folder at c:\ .

C:\metabaseopenjdk-13.0.2_windows-x64_bin\jdk-13.0.2bin\java.exe

Step2 : Downloading Metabase

You can get metabase.jar file from following URL.

https://www.metabase.com/start/jar.html

Put it at any folder like c:\Metabase if you made it.

Step3 : Installation of Metabase

Execute following command at command prompt.

If you put JDK and metabase.jar at any other folder please change path in the command example.

cd C:\Metabase\openjdk-13.0.2_windows-x64_bin\jdk-13.0.2\bin
java -jar C:\Metabase\metabase.jar

After installation , you can find following a folder and files.

• plugins #folder
• metabase.db.mv.db
• metabase.db.trace.db

Step4 : Access to Metabase

Please don’t close command prompt which executing metabase and open chrome or any other browser.

You can access metabase site with http://localhost:3000 and make a account as administrator with following the guidance.

If you would like to use metabase anytime, it’s good to make bat file containing following commands and put it startup.

cd C:\Metabase\openjdk-13.0.2_windows-x64_bin\jdk-13.0.2\bin
java -jar C:\Metabase\metabase.jar

cd C:metabaseopenjdk-13.0.2_windows-x64_binjdk-13.0.2bin
java -jar C:metabasemetabase.jar

Step5：Stop Metabase

You can stop metabase server by [Ctrl] + [C] on the command line.

This is a example when I input [Ctrl] + [C].

[1mINFO metabase.core [0m :: Metabase Shutting Down …
[1mINFO metabase.server [0m :: Shutting Down Embedded Jetty Webserver[1mINFO metabase.core [0m :: Metabase Shutdown COMPLETE

Summary

It’s so easier to install metabase on windwos than any other BI tools. Please try it.