AgensGraph: About it, and Getting access to it.
Tags: agensgraph, bitnine, postgressql
Published: 2023-07-07 07:25:04

AgensGraph is a database server, and a complete DBMS that provides storage and management functionalities for graph-structured data. AgensGraph extends PosygreSQL's relational database with features and functions that are graph-specific. It runs a separate server process, and clients can connect to it for data storage, querying and analysis. 

Just like any Database server would do, AgensGraph also manages storage of data, provides concurrency control, ensures data integrity, and offers various optimization techniques which help query performance enhancement. It maintains data consistency while allowing multiple clients to interact with the database concurrently. 

AgensGraph provides a dedicated environment for managing graph data, allowing you to access and store large-scale graph structured datasets in an efficient way. Clients can connect to AgensGraph server using various programming languages, or libraries which support the PostgreSQL protocol. 

As a summary, AgensGraphleverages postgreSQL infrastructure to provide database essential functionalities, and it is therefore used by users and developers to interact with the graph DB server, modify data, execute queries, and retrieve results from them.

Some key uses and aspects of AgensGraph include Graph Data Modeling, Graph Query Language, Graph Analytics, Integration with PostgreSQL Ecosystem, and usecases (involving complex and interconnected data).

**Installation of AgensGraph Database Server:**
AgensGraph is a flagship product of Bitnine Global Inc., and therefore, access to it can be obtained through their official website. Below are the steps to download and install AgensGraph on your systems.

**1. Google Search "download agensgraph database"**

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**2. Go to Bitnine's official website's Link.**
- Choose the windows version under Community Edition.

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**3. Fill this form and Send your details to Bitnine.**

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**4. Open the Email, and go to the download option to get a Zip file, which contains the executable file for AgensGraph.**

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**5. Run the installation file, and follow the steps in the image: **

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- Go to advanced Options if you want to change any settings (such as port number). If you don't want to change anything, go with the default settings, and don't click on the Advanced Options checkbox.

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Set your password:

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**6. Now that the installation is complete, look for Agens in your windows start bar, and open it. Opening it should open a command prompt. Execute the commands, and ensure that your result matches to that shown in the screenshot.**

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**7. That is it. You have successfully downloaded, installed and tested the AgensGraph Database Server.**