diff --git a/docs/marketplace-docs/guides/milvus/index.md b/docs/marketplace-docs/guides/milvus/index.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..31ac7d0fb33 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/marketplace-docs/guides/milvus/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +--- +title: "Deploy Milvus through the Linode Marketplace" +description: "Deploy Milvus, an open-source vector database for AI, similarity search, and embeddings workloads." +published: 2026-02-03 +keywords: ['milvus', 'vector database', 'AI', 'embeddings', 'similarity search'] +tags: ["ubuntu", "marketplace", "developer", "milvus", "linode platform", "machine learning"] +external_resources: +- '[Milvus.io](https://milvus.io/)' +- '[Milvus Documentation](https://milvus.io/docs)' +- '[Milvus Quickstart Guide](https://milvus.io/docs/install_standalone-docker.md)' +aliases: ['/products/tools/marketplace/guides/milvus/'] +authors: ["Akamai"] +contributors: ["Akamai"] +license: '[CC BY-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)' +--- + +Milvus is a high-performance open-source vector database that enables fast similarity search across unstructured data, including image, video, audio, and text embeddings. Designed for AI workloads and large-scale vector indexing, Milvus provides millisecond-level retrieval performance and integrates easily with popular machine learning frameworks and embedding services. + +This guide includes steps for deploying the Milvus Standalone Marketplace App on a Linode Compute Instance using Docker Compose. + +## Deploying a Marketplace App + +{{% content "deploy-marketplace-apps-shortguide" %}} + +{{% content "marketplace-verify-standard-shortguide" %}} + +{{< note >}} +**Estimated deployment time:** After provisioning completes, the Milvus Standalone container stack initializes in approximately 3–5 minutes. +{{< /note >}} + +## Configuration Options + +- **Supported distributions:** Ubuntu 24.04 LTS +- **Recommended minimum plan:** Dedicated 16GB instance or higher for baseline development and testing with support for GPU instances. Larger plans are recommended for compute + +### Milvus Deployment Options + +{{% content "marketplace-required-limited-user-fields-shortguide" %}} + +{{% content "marketplace-custom-domain-fields-shortguide" %}} + +{{% content "marketplace-special-character-limitations-shortguide" %}} + +### Obtain the Credentials + +When deployment completes, the system automatically generates credentials for internal MinIO storage and other parameters needed to administer your Milvus instance. These are stored in the limited user’s credentials file. + +1. Log in to your Compute Instance using one of the methods below: + + - **Lish Console**: Log in to Cloud Manager, click **Linodes**, select your instance, and click **Launch LISH Console**. Log in as `root`. To learn more, see [Using the Lish Console](/docs/products/compute/compute-instances/guides/lish/). + - **SSH**: Log in to your instance over SSH using the `root` user. To learn how, see [Connecting to a Remote Server Over SSH](/docs/guides/connect-to-server-over-ssh/). + +2. Run the following command to access the credentials file: + +```command +cat /home/$USERNAME/.credentials +``` + +### Getting Started After Deployment + +Once the Milvus Standalone container is deployed and running, you can connect to the database and begin creating collections, inserting vectors, and performing searches. + +To interact with Milvus, install the a supported client SDK (Python, Go, Java, Node.js). + + - **[pymilvus](https://github.com/milvus-io/pymilvus)**: Python SDK for Milvus Vector Database + - **[milvus-sdk-node](https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus-sdk-node)**: node.js SDK for Milvus Vector Database + - **[Milvus Go SDK](https://milvus.io/docs/install-go.md)**: GO SDK for Milvus Vector Database + - **[Milvus Java SDK](https://milvus.io/docs/install-java.md)**: Java SDK for Milvus Vector Database + +### Verify Running Containers + +First, confirm that all Milvus-related containers are running: + +```command +docker ps +``` +You should see containers for Milvus, etcd, and MinIO in a running state. + +### Access the MinIO Dashboard +Milvus uses MinIO as its object storage backend. You can access the MinIO web interface to verify bucket creation and storage activity. + +To access your MinIO Dashboard, Open a browser and navigate to your Linode rDNS domain `https://203-0-113-0.ip.linodeusercontent.com`. Replace `https://203-0-113-0.ip.linodeusercontent.com` with your [Linode's RDNS domain](/docs/products/compute/compute-instances/guides/manage-ip-addresses/#viewing-ip-addresses). The credentials can be found in the credentials file (/home/$USERNAME/.credentials). + +If you want to learn more about Milvus, checkout [the official Milvus documentation](https://milvus.io/docs) to learn how to further utilize your instance. + +{{% content "marketplace-update-note-shortguide" %}} \ No newline at end of file