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Title: Binary Distribution
type: docs
weight: 100
---
Use this guide to quickly start running Polaris using the pre-built binary distribution.

## Prerequisites

- Java SE 21 or later installed on your machine

## Running

Download and extract the binary distribution:

```bash
curl -L https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.3.0-incubating/polaris-bin-1.3.0-incubating.tgz | tar xz
cd polaris-bin-1.3.0-incubating
```

Start the Polaris server:

```bash
bin/server
```

The server will start and listen on http://localhost:8182. Health and metrics endpoints are available under /q.

You can verify the server is running by checking the health endpoint:

```bash
curl http://localhost:8182/q/health
```
