To ensure that your system is up-to-date, run the following commands:
sudo pacman -Syu
This will update your system packages to the latest version.
Rundeck requires the latest version of Java to be installed. You can install Java using the following command:
sudo pacman -S jdk-openjdk
To install Rundeck on Arch Linux, you can use the AUR package manager. To do so, follow the steps below:
sudo pacman -S git base-devel
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git
cd yay
makepkg -si
yay -S rundeck
Follow the steps below to configure and run Rundeck:
To configure Rundeck, you need to edit the configuration file located at /etc/rundeck/framework.properties.
sudo nano /etc/rundeck/framework.properties
In the configuration file, update the following properties:
grails.serverURL=http://your-server-name:4440
dataSource.url = jdbc:h2:/var/lib/rundeck/data/rundeckdb;AUTOCOMMIT=ON
#Change the path to your hostname or IP
rundeck.server.hostname = your-server-name
To start the Rundeck server, run the following commands:
sudo systemctl start rundeckd
sudo systemctl enable rundeckd
Finally, you can access the Rundeck web console by opening a web browser and entering the following URL:
http://your-server-name:4440
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Rundeck on Arch Linux. You also learned how to configure and start the Rundeck server.
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