Technical requirements

To run the practical examples in this chapter, you will need the following tools:

• Text editor (not mandatory): You can use Vim or VS Code to modify the YAML configuration files.
• 7-Zip or tar command: You can use these tools for Linux or macOS to decompress the proxy artifact.
• A MySQL/PG client: You can use the default CLI or other SQL clients such as Navicat or DataGrip to execute SQL queries.

For ShardingSphere-Proxy, you can either use the binary package or Docker to perform the installation.

You can find the complete code file here:

https://github.com/PacktPublishing/A-Definitive-Guide-to-Apache-ShardingSphere

Installing with the binary package

When you deploy ShardingSphere-Proxy with the binary package, please do the following:

1. Install Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE) version 8.0 or higher.
2. Download the binary package for ShardingSphere-Proxy. Navigate to https://archive.apache.org/dist/shardingsphere...