Building Nighthawk (Beginner Guide)

This guide helps new contributors build Nighthawk locally. No prior experience with Envoy or Bazel is required.

Prerequisites


    sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel curl python jdk11-openjdk bazel


    git clone https://github.com/envoyproxy/nighthawk.git
    cd nighthawk


    bazel build //:nighthawk

The first build may take 15–30 minutes as dependencies are downloaded.


    ./bazel-bin/nighthawk --help

If the help menu appears, the build was successful.

Bazel is memory-intensive. Close other applications or use a machine with at least 16 GB RAM.

Ensure Java 11 is installed:


    java -version

Install OpenJDK 11 if missing.