How to Install Cloud Foundry on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Cloud Foundry on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A virtual or physical server running Alpine Linux Latest with root access.
• A standard user with sudo privileges.
• Docker installed on the server.

Step 1: Install CF CLI

1. Log in to the server using ssh with a standard user that has sudo privileges.
2. Update the package manager using the following command:

sudo apk update

3. Install CF CLI using the following command:

sudo apk add --no-cache ca-certificates curl && \
curl -L "https://cli.run.pivotal.io/stable?release=linux64-binary&source=github" | tar -zx && \
sudo install cf /usr/local/bin/

4. Verify that CF CLI is installed by running the following command:

cf --version

Step 2: Install CF Deployment

1. Install CF Deployment using the following command:

curl -L "https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cf-deployment/releases/download/v15.2.0/cf-deployment-v15.2.0.yml" -o cf-deployment.yml

Step 3: Install BOSH CLI

1. Install BOSH CLI using the following command:

curl -L "https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-cli/releases/download/v6.3.1/bosh-cli-6.3.1-linux-amd64" -o /usr/local/bin/bosh && \
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/bosh

2. Verify that BOSH CLI is installed by running the following command:

bosh --version

Step 4: Install Credhub CLI

1. Install Credhub CLI using the following command:

curl -L "https://github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/credhub-cli/releases/download/2.9.0/credhub-linux-2.9.0.tgz" | tar -xz && \
sudo install credhub /usr/local/bin/

2. Verify that Credhub CLI is installed by running the following command:

credhub --version

Step 5: Install Spiff

1. Install Spiff using the following command:

curl -L "https://github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/spiff/releases/download/v1.0.9/spiff_linux_amd64.zip" -o spiff.zip && \
unzip spiff.zip && \
sudo install spiff /usr/local/bin/

2. Verify that Spiff is installed by running the following command:

spiff --version

Step 6: Install BOSH Director

1. Use the following command to create a BOSH deployment manifest:

cat >deployment.yml <<EOL
---
name: bosh

releases:
- name: bosh
  url: https://bosh.io/d/github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh?v=276.0.0
  sha1: a65a081f948a54c12d6203b1fa24224c0e125662
- name: bosh-cpi-docker
  version: 1.0.0
  url: https://github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/bosh-cpi-docker-release/releases/download/v1.0.0/bosh-cpi-docker-1.0.0.tgz
  sha1: 3e77ef80c87b7d14b06c9b7fe76577109a65bbf5

networks:
- name: private
  type: manual
  subnets:
  - range: 10.0.0.0/24
    gateway: 10.0.0.1
    static: [10.0.0.2-10.0.0.254]
  cloud_properties:
    name: static

resources:
- name: bosh
  type: docker
  pool: default
  source:
    image: cloudfoundry/bosh:latest
    private_key: ((private_key))

jobs:
- name: bosh
  templates:
  - { name: bosh, release: bosh }
  - { name: ssh_proxy, release: bosh }
  - { name: docker, release: bosh-cpi-docker }
  - { name: registry, release: bosh-cpi-docker }
  - { name: health_monitor, release: bosh }
  networks:
  - { name: private, static_ips: [10.0.0.2] }
  properties:
    bosh:
      director:
        address: ((director_ip))
        name: BOSH
        db:
          adapter: postgres
          user: admin
          password: ((admin_password))
          host: ((director_ip))
          name: bosh
        max_threads: 20
        worker_pool_size: 10
        ssl:
          ca: ((director_ca.ca))
          cert: ((director_cert.cert))
          key: ((director_key.key))
          enable: true
      user_management:
        provider: local
        local:
          users:
          - {name: admin, password: ((admin_password))}
      blobstore:
        provider: local
        path: /var/vcap/micro_bosh/data/cache

      registry:
        use_garden_cni_plugin: true
        address: 10.0.0.2
        host: 10.0.0.2
        db:
          adapter: postgres
          user: admin
          password: ((admin_password))
          host: ((director_ip))
          name: registry
      nfs:
        path_to_host_nfs_server_mapping:
          /mnt/data: 10.0.0.2:/nfs/data
    registry:
      username: ((registry_username))
      password: ((registry_password))
    system_domain: ((system_domain))
    cc:
      db:
        adapter: postgres
        user: ccadmin
        password: ((admin_password))
        host: ((director_ip))
        name: cc
      internal_route_vip: 10.0.0.2

    uaadb:
      db_scheme: postgres
      db_user: admin
      db_password: ((admin_password))
      db_port: 5432
      db_ip: ((director_ip))
      db_name: uaa

    uaa:
      url: uaa.((system_domain))
      name: UAA
      db:
        adapter: postgres
        user: admin
        password: ((admin_password))
        host: ((director_ip))
        name: uaa
      admin_client_id: ((uaa_admin_client_id))
      admin_client_secret: ((uaa_admin_client_secret))
      ldap:
        user_dn_template: 'cn=%s,ou=people,dc=ldap,dc=example,dc=com'
        search_base: 'dc=ldap,dc=example,dc=com'
        url: 'ldap://ldap.example.com:389'
        bind_username: ''
        bind_password: ''
        ssl_verify_certificates: true
        ssl_tree_hash_enabled: false
        ssl_tree_hash_cert: ''
        ssl_tree_hash_key: ''
      ca_certificates: ((ca_certificates))
      add_ldap_groups_to_cc:
        name:  ldap-group-to-scope
        enabled: true
      skip_ssl_validation: false
      jwt:
        signing_key: ''
        verification_key: ''
        issuer: 'uaa'
        ttl_seconds: 1200
        window_size: 30
      email:
        enable_email_notifications: true
        enable_password_change_email_notifications: true
        from: ''
        smarthost: ''
        port: 587
        username: ''
        password: ''
        tls_for_smtp: false
      scim:
        users:
        - origin: ldap
          schemas:
            - urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User
            - urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:2.0:User
          userName: userName
          name: familyName
          givenName: givenName
          middleName: middleName
          emails:
          - value: user@example.com
            type: primary
            primary: true
          phoneNumbers:
          - value: 555-1234
            type: work
          active: true
          groups:
          - value: developers
            display: Developer
            type: direct
        groups:
        - displayName: developers
          id: developers
          schemas:
          - urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:Group
          members:
            - value: user@example.com
              display: user@example.com
              type: User
        external_groups:
          - origin: ldap
            type: LDAP_GROUP_TO_SCOPES
            name: 'ou=groups,dc=ldap,dc=example,dc=com'
            external_group: 'admin'
            scopes: ['openid','cloud_controller.read']
            internal_groups: ['uaa.admin']

      server:
        issuer_uri: https://uaa.((system_domain))
        request_investigation_enabled: false
        token_exchange_enabled: true
    credhub:
      internal_url: "tcp://10.0.0.2:8844"
      client_id: ((credhub_client_id))
      client_secret: ((credhub_client_secret))

- name: ssh_proxy
  templates:
  - { name: nats, release: bosh }
  - { name: ssh_proxy, release: bosh }
  - { name: haproxy, release: bosh }
  networks:
  - { name: private, static_ips: [10.0.0.3] }
  properties:
    nats:
      address: 10.0.0.2
      user: nats
      password: ((nats_password))
    ssh_proxy:
      rsa_private_key: ((ssh_private_key))
      address: 10.0.0.3
      host_key: ((ssh_host_key))
      gateway_hosts: ((ssh_gateway_hosts))
      max_connections: 50
    haproxy:
      address: 10.0.0.3
      stats_user: haproxy
      stats_password: ((haproxy_password))
EOL

2. Open the deployment.yml file and fill in the required values.

3. Use the following command to deploy BOSH:

sudo bosh create-env deployment.yml

4. Verify that BOSH is installed by running the following command:

bosh status

Step 7: Install Cloud Foundry

1. Download the CF deployment manifest using the following command:

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/cloudfoundry/cf-deployment.git

2. Move into the cf-deployment directory and activate the manifest using the following command:

cd cf-deployment
bosh upload-stemcell --sha1 863983e14b841874f76c02dbf548410c2ee55028 \
  https://s3.amazonaws.com/bosh-core-stemcells/aws/xen-hvm-ubuntu-trusty-go_agent/315.64/bosh-stemcell-315.64-aws-xen-hvm-ubuntu-trusty-go_agent.tgz && \
bosh -n update-cloud-config manifests/cloud-config.yml && \
bosh -n deploy

Once the process is completed, your Cloud Foundry installation is complete.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Cloud Foundry on Alpine Linux Latest, step-by-step. With this, you should now be able to start deploying applications on the Cloud Foundry platform.

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