Install Milvus Standalone with RPM/DEB Package

This page illustrates how to install Milvus standalone with a pre-built RPM/DEB package.

Prerequisites

• You have already installed libstdc++ 8.5.0 or a later version.
• Check the requirements for hardware and software prior to your installation.

Download the RPM/DEB Package

You can download the RPM/DEB package according to your system architecture from the Milvus Releases page.

• For x86_64/amd64, download the milvus_2.6.0-1_amd64.deb or milvus_2.6.0-1_amd64.rpm package.
• For ARM64, download the milvus_2.6.0-1_arm64.deb or milvus_2.6.0-1_arm64.rpm package.

The following command assumes that you are going to run Milvus Standalone on a x86_64/amd64 machine.

wget https://github.com/milvus-io/milvus/releases/download/v2.6.0/milvus_2.6.0-1_amd64.rpm -O milvus_2.6.0-1_amd64.rpm

Install the RPM/DEB Package

To install the RPM/DEB package, you can use the package manager of your system.

For RPM-based systems (such as CentOS, Fedora, and RHEL), use the yum command to install the package.

yum install -y ./milvus_2.6.0-1_amd64.rpm
rpm -qa| grep milvus

For DEB-based systems (such as Ubuntu and Debian), use the apt command to install the package.

apt install -y  ./milvus_2.6.0-1_amd64.rpm
dpkg -l | grep milvus

Start Milvus Standalone

After the installation is complete, Milvus is installed as a systemd service and can be started using the following command:

systemctl start milvus

You can check the status of the Milvus service using the following command:

systemctl status milvus

If Milvus is running successfully, you should see the following output:

● milvus.service - Milvus Standalone Server
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/milvus.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Fri 2025-08-10 10:30:00 UTC; 5s ago
 Main PID: 1044122 (milvus)
    Tasks: 10 (limit: 4915)
   CGroup: /system.slice/milvus.service
           └─1044122 /usr/bin/milvus run standalone

You can find the Milvus binary at /usr/bin/milvus, the systemd service file at /lib/systemd/system/milvus.service, and the dependencies at /usr/lib/milvus/.

(Optional) Update Milvus configurations

You can modify the Milvus configurations in the /etc/milvus/configs/milvus.yaml file. For example, to change the proxy.healthCheckTimeout to 1000 ms, you can search for the target parameter and modify accordingly. For applicable configuration items, refer to System Configuration.

Stop Milvus Standalone

To stop Milvus Standalone, you can use the following command:

systemctl stop milvus

Uninstall Milvus Standalone

To uninstall Milvus Standalone, you can use the following command:

For RPM-based systems:

rpm -e milvus

For DEB-based systems:

apt remove milvus

What’s next

Having installed Milvus Standalone, you can:

• Check Quickstart to see what Milvus can do.

• Learn the basic operations of Milvus:

  • Manage Databases
  • Manage Collections
  • Manage Partitions
  • Insert, Upsert & Delete
  • Single-Vector Search
  • Hybrid Search

• Upgrade Milvus Using Helm Chart.

• Scale your Milvus cluster.

• Deploy your Milvu cluster on clouds:

  • Amazon EKS
  • Google Cloud
  • Microsoft Azure

• Explore Milvus WebUI, an intuitive web interface for Milvus observability and management.

• Explore Milvus Backup, an open-source tool for Milvus data backups.

• Explore Birdwatcher, an open-source tool for debugging Milvus and dynamic configuration updates.

• Explore Attu, an open-source GUI tool for intuitive Milvus management.

• Monitor Milvus with Prometheus.