data pipelines⏱10 minutes
Get Started with Apache Airflow
Quick Summary
“A platform to programmatically author, schedule, and monitor workflows.”
Best for: Data engineering teams
Time to first integration: 10 minutes
📋Prerequisites
- ✓Node.js 18+ installed
- ✓A Apache Airflow account — sign up here
- ✓An existing project (Next.js, React, or Node.js recommended)
Setup Steps
3 steps1
1
Install Apache Airflow
Use pip to install Apache Airflow.
bash
pip install apache-airflow2
2
Initialize the database
Set up the Airflow metadata database.
bash
airflow db init3
3
Start the web server
Launch the Airflow web server to access the UI.
bash
airflow webserver --port 8080Common Gotchas
Watch out for these issues in your first week.
Scheduler not starting tasks
Fix: Ensure the scheduler is running and check task dependencies.
Database connection errors
Fix: Verify database connection settings in the Airflow configuration.