Installing CSA Community Edition

You need to access the Downloads Page of Cloudera Streaming Analytics (CSA) to receive the Community Edition version of CSA. After receiving the docker file of CSA Community Edition, you need to create a composed version of the images and run CSA using Docker. The Streaming SQL Console is available using a local host address.

For Mac/Windows users, make sure that you have Docker Desktop on your computer.
Make sure that you have set the minimum memory and CPU for Docker. For more information, see the System Prerequisites section.

Access the Downloads Page of CSA Community Editon to aquire the Community Edition artifact.
Create a folder to where you will download the Community Edition artifact.
Run the following command in command line after accessing the folder where you store the Community Edition artifact.
```
docker-compose up
```
tip
When starting the containers, you can set the Flink TaskManager containers to 2 to have more resources when running SSB.
```
docker-compose up -d --scale flink-taskmanager=2
```
It can take time to start the Community Editon for the first time or when there are changes to the docker images.
Access the Streaming SQL Console after everything is up and running with the following local host address.
```
http://localhost:8000
```
Sign in to the Streaming SQL Console.
You have the option to create a new account or use the default username and password.
- Default username: admin
- Default password: admin
After providing the username and password, click Login.
As another option, you can also register a new account:
1. Click Create account.
2. Provide your Name, Username and Password.
3. Click Register.
4. Log in using the previously set Username and Password.

You have installed the Community Edition of CSA on your local environment.

SQL Stream Builder is ready to be used.