How to Install DebOps on Elementary OS Latest

DebOps is a collection of Ansible playbooks that facilitate the deployment and management of Debian-based servers. In this tutorial, we will guide you through installing DebOps on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start, ensure that your Elementary OS Latest has the following prerequisites:

• Ansible installed
• Git installed
• Python 3 installed

If you do not have these packages installed, you can install them with the following command:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install ansible git python3

Steps to Install DebOps

1. Clone the DebOps repository by opening a terminal and running the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/debops/debops.git

2. Change directories into the DebOps directory:

$ cd debops

3. Install the required Ansible roles with Ansible Galaxy:

$ sudo ansible-galaxy install --role-file=requirements.yml

4. Run the DebOps common playbook, which sets up the basic configuration needed for other playbooks:

$ sudo ansible-playbook -i inventory/localhost playbook.yml

5. After completion of the above command, you can now use any of the available playbooks included in the DebOps repository. For example, to install the Nginx playbook, run the following command:

$ sudo ansible-playbook -i inventory/localhost playbooks/nginx.yml

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have explained how to install DebOps on Elementary OS Latest. DebOps is a powerful tool that can be used to automate server configuration and management. Now that you have installed it, you can start exploring the available playbooks and use them to manage your infrastructure.

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