Riak Quick Start from GitHub

gistfile1.bash

# Install Erlang
$ sudo apt-get install autoconf
$ curl -O https://raw.github.com/dreverri/kerl/master/kerl; chmod a+x kerl
$ ./kerl build R14B03 r14b03
$ ./kerl install r14b03 /opt/erlang/r14b03
$ . ~/.kerl/installs/r14b03/activate

# Build Riak from source
$ git clone git://github.com/basho/riak.git
$ cd riak
$ make all
$ make devrel

# Start dev nodes
$ cd dev
$ dev1/bin/riak start
$ dev2/bin/riak start
$ dev3/bin/riak start

# Check that they are running
$ ps aux | grep beam

# Initialize cluster
$ dev2/bin/riak-admin join dev1@127.0.0.1
$ dev3/bin/riak-admin join dev1@127.0.0.1