exasol-quickstart 0.2.0

One command to try Exasol with AI add-ons (MCP Server, JSON Tables).

exasol-quickstart

One command to try Exasol with AI add-ons — a base Exasol database plus the MCP Server (LLM/agent access) and JSON Tables (JSON → SQL).

Usage

pipx install exasol-quickstart
exasol-quickstart                 # brings up the full bundle (needs Docker running)

That's it. On any OS with Docker it starts three containers on a shared network:

• Exasol Nano — the database, 127.0.0.1:8563 (sys / exasol)
• MCP Server — http://127.0.0.1:4896/mcp (point your LLM / MCP client here)
• JSON Tables — built once from source, run via exasol-quickstart json-tables …

Other commands

exasol-quickstart --dry-run            # show the plan, change nothing
exasol-quickstart --no-json-tables     # DB + MCP only (skip JSON Tables)
exasol-quickstart json-tables --help   # run the JSON Tables CLI in its container
docker rm -f exasol-quickstart-db exasol-quickstart-mcp exasol-quickstart-json-tables   # stop

Status (0.2.0): the bare command stands up Nano + MCP + JSON Tables via Docker on any OS — tested end-to-end. Next: no-Docker native bases per OS (Exasol Personal on macOS, Nano .run on Linux), selected automatically — same bare command.

Roadmap — same command, smarter under the hood

OS	Planned best base	Add-ons	Docker?	Status
Windows / any with Docker	Exasol Nano (Docker)	sidecar containers	Yes	ships today
macOS (Apple Silicon)	Exasol Personal (local VM)	host: MCP + JSON Tables	No	roadmap
Linux	Exasol Nano (native .run)	host: MCP + JSON Tables	No	roadmap

Full design, decision graph, pros/cons, and requirements: https://krishna-exasol.github.io/bundle-installation-methods/case-studies/recommended-approach/

License

MIT.