Spin up the environment

If you don’t want to install lakeFS locally, you can use the 30-day free trial of lakeFS Cloud. Once you launch the free trial you will have access to the same content as this quickstart within the provided repository once you login.

install and launch lakeFS:

pip install lakefs
python -m lakefs.quickstart

After a few moments you should see the lakeFS container ready to use:

│
│ lakeFS running in quickstart mode.
│     Login at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
│
│     Access Key ID    : AKIAIOSFOLQUICKSTART
│     Secret Access Key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
│

You’re now ready to dive into lakeFS!

1. Open lakeFS’s web interface at http://127.0.0.1:8000/

2. Login with the quickstart credentials.

   • Access Key ID: AKIAIOSFOLQUICKSTART
   • Secret Access Key: wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY

3. You’ll notice that there aren’t any repositories created yet. Click the Create Sample Repository button.

   

You will see the sample repository created and the quickstart guide within it. You can follow along there, or here - it’s the same :)