(polaris) branch main updated: Fix binary distribution getting-started guide (#4478)

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commit c51fb6da1d97fe3b1d4e89db52dff1892c605bd7
Author: Alexandre Dutra <ad...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Mon May 18 19:46:30 2026 +0200

    Fix binary distribution getting-started guide (#4478)
    
    Fixes #4477.
    
    This change fixes the following issues with the binary distribution getting-started guide.
    
    * The script to download and extract the binary distribution was outdated (and inaccurate for some flavors of `tar`).
    * The ports were wrong.
---
 .../in-dev/unreleased/getting-started/binary-distribution.md  | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/getting-started/binary-distribution.md b/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/getting-started/binary-distribution.md
index dcbb547d2d..51a40d22fb 100644
--- a/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/getting-started/binary-distribution.md
+++ b/site/content/in-dev/unreleased/getting-started/binary-distribution.md
@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ Use this guide to quickly start running Polaris using the pre-built binary distr
 
 ## Running
 
-Download and extract the binary distribution:
+Download the [latest release](https://polaris.apache.org/downloads/latest/) and extract the binary distribution:
 
 ```bash
-curl -L https://downloads.apache.org/incubator/polaris/1.3.0-incubating/polaris-bin-1.3.0-incubating.tgz | tar xz
-cd polaris-bin-1.3.0-incubating
+POLARIS_VERSION=1.5.0
+curl -Lf https://downloads.apache.org/polaris/${POLARIS_VERSION}/polaris-bin-${POLARIS_VERSION}.tgz | tar xzf -
+cd polaris-bin-${POLARIS_VERSION}
 ```
 
 Start the Polaris server:
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@ Start the Polaris server:
 bin/server
 ```
 
-The server will start and listen on http://localhost:8182. Health and metrics endpoints are available under /q.
+The server will start and listen on http://localhost:8181 (main REST APIs) and http://localhost:8182 (management interface, for health checks and metrics). 
+
+Health and metrics endpoints are available under http://localhost:8182/q/health and http://localhost:8182/q/metrics respectively.
 
 You can verify the server is running by checking the health endpoint: