OpenZiti is a network tool that enables secure communication between applications regardless of location. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OpenZiti on Elementary OS Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation of OpenZiti, ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
Follow the below steps to install OpenZiti on your Elementary OS Latest machine:
The first step is to add the OpenZiti repository to your Elementary OS Latest system by executing the command:
wget -q0 - https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.openziti.org/ziti-repo.deb | sudo dpkg -i -
The above command will download the OpenZiti repository and add it to your system.
After adding OpenZiti repository to your Elementary OS Latest machine, the next step is to install OpenZiti by running the command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y ziti-sdk
This command will download and install the OpenZiti SDK package on your system.
After completing the installation, verify if OpenZiti is installed correctly on your system or not by checking the version of the OpenZiti SDK, which can be done by running:
ziti-sdk version
This command should display the version of OpenZiti installed on your machine.
The final step is to configure the OpenZiti service. To do this, first, create a new directory to store the OpenZiti configuration file by running:
sudo mkdir -p /etc/ziti.d
Next, generate a new configuration file with the following command:
sudo ziti-sdk initconfig | sudo tee /etc/ziti.d/ziti-sdk.yaml > /dev/null
This command will create a new OpenZiti configuration file under /etc/ziti.d directory.
The final step is to start the OpenZiti service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start ziti-sdk
This command will start the OpenZiti SDK service on your Elementary OS Latest machine.
In this tutorial, we have covered the steps required to install OpenZiti on Elementary OS Latest. Once installed, you can use OpenZiti to enable secure communication between applications regardless of location.
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