In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Pallet on Alpine Linux Latest. Pallet is an infrastructure automation tool that allows you to provision, configure, and manage servers and applications on the cloud.
Before starting the installation process, make sure your system meets the following requirements:
The first step is to ensure that your system packages are updated. You can run the following command to update the packages:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
Pallet is a Java-based tool, so we need to install Java to run it. Run the following command to install Java:
sudo apk add openjdk11
Verify that Java is installed correctly by running the following command:
java -version
It should display the Java version information.
Leiningen is a build automation tool for Clojure, which is required to build and run Pallet. Install it using the following command:
sudo apk add clojure
Once installed, verify that Leiningen is installed successfully by running the following command:
lein version
It should display the Leiningen version information.
We can download the latest version of Pallet from its official website http://palletops.com/. Once downloaded, extract the archive to the desired directory.
wget https://palletops.com/downloads/pallet/0.9.7/pallet-bin-0.9.7.tar.gz
tar xvf pallet-bin-0.9.7.tar.gz
In order to run Pallet from anywhere, we need to add it to the PATH variable. Run the following command to add it to the PATH:
echo "export PATH=\$PATH:/path/to/pallet/bin" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
We can verify that Pallet is installed successfully by running the following command:
pallet -h
It should display the Pallet version and help options.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Pallet on Alpine Linux Latest. With Pallet, we can manage and provision infrastructure with ease. Pallet is an open-source tool that provides a powerful and flexible system for automating infrastructure management.
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