CapsuleCD is a tool used for creating self-contained CD images for deploying infrastructure changes. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process for CapsuleCD on the latest version of FreeBSD.
Before proceeding, make sure that you have:
To avoid any potential conflicts, it is important to update the system to the latest version by running the following command:
freebsd-update fetch install
To install CapsuleCD on FreeBSD, we need to first install some dependencies. These packages are git, ruby24, rubygem-bundler, and ruby-xmlsimple.
To install these packages, run the following command:
pkg install git ruby24 rubygem-bundler ruby-xmlsimple
This command will download and install all necessary packages required for CapsuleCD to run.
Next, we need to download CapsuleCD from its official website using git.
To download the source code, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/analogj/capsulecd.git
Once the download is complete, change directories to the CapsuleCD folder:
cd capsulecd
Now, we need to use bundler to install all necessary dependencies for CapsuleCD:
bundle install
Finally, we need to generate the executable file for CapsuleCD by running the following command:
bundle exec rake build
This will create a capsulecd executable file in the bin folder.
To verify the installation, run the following command to check if CapsuleCD is successfully installed:
capsulecd --version
This should return the version number of CapsuleCD if it has been successfully installed.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed CapsuleCD on FreeBSD Latest.
In this tutorial, we have guided you through the installation process for CapsuleCD on the latest version of FreeBSD. Now you can create self-contained CD images for deploying infrastructure changes.
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