Spruce is a YAML templating tool used for managing Cloud Foundry environments. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Spruce on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we begin, you need to ensure that you have the following:
Firstly, you need to ensure that the package manager is up-to-date by typing the following command:
sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade
This command updates the package manager and any installed packages to the latest version.
Spruce has dependencies on a number of packages. Therefore, you need to install these packages before installing Spruce. Type the following command to install dependencies:
sudo pkg install ca_root_nss yq py36-setuptools py36-pyyaml py36-cryptography
This command installs the packages needed for Spruce to work on FreeBSD Latest.
The next step is to download Spruce from its official Github repository. To download Spruce, you can either use the Git command or download the source code from Github.
To download Spruce using Git, run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/geofffranks/spruce.git
This command will clone Spruce into a new directory named "spruce".
To download Spruce using a browser:
Once you have downloaded Spruce successfully, run the following command to install Spruce:
cd spruce
sudo python3 setup.py install
This command installs Spruce using the Python package installer.
To verify that Spruce is installed properly, type the following command:
spruce -h
If Spruce is installed correctly, you will see the help menu for Spruce.
In this guide, we have shown you how to install Spruce on FreeBSD Latest. With Spruce installed, you can now use it to manage your Cloud Foundry environments.
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