Use Apex without DataTorrent RTS

Question

Is it possible to use Apache Apex without DataTorrent RTS? It seems possible, but I couldn't find any tutorial about installing own build of apex sources(to run, you need at leas apex binary). I see that Apex CLI is available after build in ./engine/src/main/scripts/apex but maybe there is some easier way than build it piece by piece.

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible to use Apex without DataTorrent RTS. You refer to the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwRWBudOjg4 if you need step by step instructions.

You can also refer to the beginners guide: http://docs.datatorrent.com/beginner/

Answer 2

There are self-paced online courses too.

https://www.datatorrent.com/university/self-paced-online-courses/

Answer 3

Apex is also part of Apache Bigtop and there is a docker image available as well:

http://apex.apache.org/downloads.html