Introduction

MarkLogic Server is a powerful NoSQL database for harnessing your digital content base, complete with enterprise features demanded by real-world, mission-critical applications. MarkLogic Server enables you to build complex applications that interact with large volumes of content in JSON, XML, SGML, HTML, and other popular content formats, as well as binary formats. The unique architecture of MarkLogic Server ensures that your applications are both scalable and high performance, delivering query results at search-engine speeds while providing transactional integrity over the underlying content repository. MarkLogic Server can be configured for a distributed environment, enabling you to scale your infrastructure through hardware expansion.

This installation guide explains the procedures needed to install MarkLogic Server onto your system. It is intended for a technical audience. This document explains how to install the software, not how to use the software. To learn how to get started using the software, see the rest of the MarkLogic documentation, including these documents:

• What's New in MarkLogic 11

• Get Started with MarkLogic Server

• Understand MarkLogic Concepts

• Administrate MarkLogic Server

• Get Started with Optic

• Develop Server-Side Applications

• Develop Search Applications

• JavaScript Reference Guide

• XQuery and XSLT Reference Guide