How to Install Rundeck on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Rundeck is a tool that simplifies operations tasks, allowing you to run jobs and workflows across a set of nodes. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Rundeck on Fedora CoreOS.

Pre-requisites

Step 1: Install Java

Rundeck requires Java to be installed on the system. If you haven't already installed Java, install it by running the following command:

sudo dnf install java-11-openjdk-devel

Step 2: Download and Install Rundeck

  1. Go to the Rundeck download page here.
  2. Download the Rundeck version you want to install. We will download version 3.3.12 for this tutorial.
wget https://dl.bintray.com/rundeck/rundeck-rpm/rundeck-3.3.12-20220121-1.202201210306.noarch.rpm
  1. Install the downloaded RPM package using the following command:
sudo rpm -i rundeck-3.3.12-20220121-1.202201210306.noarch.rpm

Step 3: Start and Enable Rundeck Service

After installation, start the Rundeck service, and then enable it to start automatically on boot:

sudo systemctl start rundeckd 
sudo systemctl enable rundeckd 

Verify that the service is running by running the following command:

sudo systemctl status rundeckd 

Step 4: Access Rundeck Web Interface

Rundeck has a web-based user interface that you can access using a web browser. By default, the Rundeck web interface listens on port 4440. So, to access the Rundeck web interface, open your web browser, and browse the URL below:

https://<server-ip-or-hostname>:4440

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Rundeck on Fedora CoreOS. You can now start configuring Rundeck and running operations tasks.

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