Redbird is a lightweight reverse proxy server that is designed for load balancing web traffic across multiple servers or nodes. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how you can easily install Redbird on Fedora CoreOS Latest version step by step.
To follow this guide, you will need:
Since Redbird is a Node.js-based application, we need to install Node.js first. Fedora CoreOS Latest comes with Podman and OCI runtime environment as container engines. We'll install Node.js in a container using Podman. Run the following command to install Node.js:
$ sudo podman run --rm -it node bash
This command will pull a Docker image of Node JS and launch it in the interactive mode.
Once we have Node.js installed, we can use npm package manager to install Redbird. Run the following command to install Redbird:
$ npm install redbird -g
This command will download and install the latest version of Redbird from the npm registry.
Now we have Redbird installed on our machine. We can start using it to redirect the incoming traffic to different hosts. Run the following command to start Redbird:
$ sudo podman run --rm -it \
-p 80:80 \
-v $(pwd)/config.js:/usr/src/app/config.js \
node \
redbird start
In this command, we are running Redbird as a container with port 80 mapped to the host and mounting a config file.
To verify that Redbird is installed correctly and working, open your web browser and navigate to the IP address of your Fedora CoreOS Latest system.
You should see the default Nginx welcome page, which indicates that Redbird is working.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Redbird on Fedora CoreOS Latest.
Redbird is a powerful and intuitive reverse proxy server that is useful in a variety of settings. Once you have followed the steps outlined in this guide, you will have a fully operational installation of Redbird running on your Fedora CoreOS Latest machine, ready to handle requests with ease.
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