Getting Started

This chapter explains how to start using Hazelcast Jet. It also describes the executable files in the downloaded distribution package.

Requirements

Hazelcast Jet requires a minimum JDK version of 8.

Using Maven and Gradle

The easiest way to start using Hazelcast Jet is to add it as a dependency to your project.

You can find Hazelcast Jet in Maven repositories. Add the following lines to your pom.xml:

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>com.hazelcast.jet</groupId>
    <artifactId>hazelcast-jet</artifactId>
    <version>0.3</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

If you prefer to use Gradle, execute the following command:

compile 'com.hazelcast.jet:hazelcast-jet:0.3'

Downloading

Alternatively, you can download the latest distribution package for Hazelcast Jet and add the hazelcast-jet-<version>.jar file to your classpath.

Distribution Package

The distribution package contains the following scripts to help you get started with Hazelcast Jet:

• bin/start.sh and bin/start.bat start a new Jet member in the current directory.
• bin/stop.sh and bin/stop.bat stop the member started in the current directory.
• bin/cluster.sh provides basic functionality for Hazelcast cluster manager, such as changing the cluster state, shutting down the cluster or forcing the cluster to clean its persisted data.

NOTE: start.sh / start.bat scripts lets you start one Jet member per folder. To start a new instance, please unzip the package in a new folder.