How to Install StackStorm on Elementary OS Latest

StackStorm is an open-source automation platform that enables you to automate your infrastructure and application workflows. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install StackStorm on your Elementary OS latest.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed, you need to ensure that your system meets the following requirements:

• A non-root user account with sudo privileges
• At least 2GB of RAM
• Python 2.7 or 3.5+ installed

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Before we install StackStorm, we need to install some dependencies.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install git rabbitmq-server

You will need to start and enable the RabbitMQ service:

sudo systemctl start rabbitmq-server
sudo systemctl enable rabbitmq-server

Step 2: Install StackStorm

StackStorm provides an automated installer script for their latest version (v3.x). To install StackStorm, run the following command:

curl -sSL https://stackstorm.com/packages/install.sh | bash -s -- --user=st2admin --password=P@ssw0rd

• --user: username for the StackStorm user account
• --password: password for the StackStorm user account

Once the installation process is complete, you can verify the installation by checking the status of the st2api service:

sudo systemctl status st2api

If the service is active, you have successfully installed StackStorm on your Elementary OS system.

Step 3: Configure the StackStorm Web UI

To access the StackStorm Web UI, you need to configure a reverse proxy. We'll use Nginx as an example in this tutorial.

Install and start Nginx:

sudo apt-get install nginx
sudo systemctl start nginx

Create a new Nginx server block by creating a new file /etc/nginx/sites-available/stackstorm with the following content:

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  <your-server-name>;

    add_header X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN";
    add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff";

    location / {
        proxy_pass    http://127.0.0.1:3000/;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }

    location /socket.io/ {
        proxy_pass    http://127.0.0.1:3000/socket.io/;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }

    location /api/ {
        proxy_pass    http://127.0.0.1:9101/api/;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
}

Replace <your-server-name> with the IP address or domain name of your server.

Create a symbolic link from /etc/nginx/sites-available/stackstorm to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/.

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/stackstorm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Test the Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

If there are no errors, reload Nginx:

sudo service nginx reload

Step 4: Login to StackStorm

Open your web browser and navigate to http://<your-server-name>. You should see the StackStorm Login page.

Enter the username and password specified during the installation process to login.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed StackStorm on your Elementary OS system. You can now use StackStorm to automate your workflows and tasks.

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