Nomad is a distributed, highly available, and scalable cluster manager and scheduler designed for microservices and batch applications. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Nomad on Kali Linux Latest.
Visit the Nomad download page (https://www.nomadproject.io/downloads) and download the latest stable version of Nomad for your architecture.
$ wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/nomad/[VERSION]/nomad_[VERSION]_linux_amd64.zip
Use the unzip command to extract the Nomad binary.
$ unzip nomad_[VERSION]_linux_amd64.zip
Move the Nomad binary to the /usr/local/bin directory.
$ sudo mv nomad /usr/local/bin/
Verify Nomad is installed and running by running the following command.
$ nomad -version
It should return the version of Nomad that you installed.
$ Nomad v1.1.3
Nomad is now installed and ready to be configured. You can configure Nomad by editing the configuration file located at /etc/nomad.d/nomad.hcl.
$ sudo nano /etc/nomad.d/nomad.hcl
Modify the configuration file as per your requirements.
To start Nomad, run the following command.
$ nomad agent -config /etc/nomad.d/nomad.hcl
Verify if Nomad is running by visiting http://localhost:4646/ui/
You can now use Nomad to schedule and manage your applications.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Nomad on Kali Linux Latest. Now that Nomad is installed, you can explore its features and start using it to manage your applications.
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