11# Starting an ArangoDB cluster or database the easy way
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3- Starting an ArangoDB cluster is complex. It involves starting various servers with
3+ Starting an ArangoDB cluster involves starting various servers with
44different roles (agents, dbservers & coordinators).
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6- The ArangoDB Starter is designed to make it easy to start and maintain an ArangoDB cluster
7- or single server database.
6+ The ArangoDB Starter is designed to make it easy to start and
7+ maintain an ArangoDB cluster or single server database.
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99Besides starting and maintaining ArangoDB deployments, the starter also provides
1010various commands to create TLS certificates & JWT token secrets to secure your
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ ArangoDB deployment.
1414
1515The ArangoDB starter (` arangodb ` ) comes with all current distributions of ArangoDB.
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17- If you want a specific version, download the precompiled binary via [ the github releases page] ( https://github.com/arangodb-helper/arangodb/releases ) .
17+ If you want a specific version, download the precompiled binary via the
18+ [ GitHub releases page] ( https://github.com/arangodb-helper/arangodb/releases ) .
1819
1920## Starting a cluster
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@@ -30,13 +31,13 @@ arangodb
3031```
3132
3233This will use port 8528 to wait for colleagues (3 are needed for a
33- resilient agency). On host B: (can be the same as A):
34+ resilient agency). On host B (can be the same as A):
3435
3536``` bash
3637arangodb --starter.join A
3738```
3839
39- This will contact A on port 8528 and register. On host C: (can be same
40+ This will contact A on port 8528 and register. On host C (can be same
4041as A or B):
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4243``` bash
@@ -94,9 +95,7 @@ it is also possible to use a host mapped volume. Make sure to map it on `/data`.
9495## Using multiple join arguments
9596
9697It is allowed to use multiple ` --starter.join ` arguments.
97- This eases scripting.
98-
99- For example:
98+ This eases scripting. For example:
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101100On host A:
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