OpenZiti is an open-source networking platform that allows you to create secure and scalable connections between different devices over the Internet. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing OpenZiti on Linux Mint.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
OpenZiti requires some dependencies to be installed on your system. To install them, open the terminal and execute the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl gnupg2
sudo curl https://apt.ziti.net/ziti-net-public.asc | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.ziti.net/ubuntu stable main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ziti.list
sudo apt update
The above commands will update the package list of your system and install curl and gnupg2, which are required to import the OpenZiti GPG key. Finally, it will add the OpenZiti repository to your system's package sources.
Once the dependencies are installed, you can proceed with the installation of OpenZiti Agent by running the following command:
sudo apt install openziti-agent
This command will download and install the latest version of the OpenZiti Agent on your system.
After the installation is complete, you can start the OpenZiti service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start openziti-agent.service
This command will start the OpenZiti Agent service in the background.
To verify if OpenZiti has been successfully installed, run the following command:
sudo systemctl status openziti-agent.service
If the installation was successful, you should see the output similar to the following:
● openziti-agent.service - Ziti Agent
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/openziti-agent.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2022-01-25 08:01:29 UTC; 2s ago
Main PID: 15206 (openziti-agent)
Tasks: 16 (limit: 4915)
Memory: 24.5M
CGroup: /system.slice/openziti-agent.service
└─15206 /usr/bin/openziti-agent --file config.yaml --log-level INFO --log-format console
Jan 25 08:01:29 linuxmint systemd[1]: Started Ziti Agent.
This confirms that OpenZiti has been installed and is running on your system.
To configure OpenZiti, you can edit the config.yaml file located at /etc/ziti/agent.d/config.yaml. For example, you can specify the controller and identity for your OpenZiti agent.
controller:
name: myziti.com
api_key: abcxyz
identities:
- name: my-identity
type: jwt
jwt:
id: myid
secret: mysecret
Save the changes to the config.yaml file and restart the OpenZiti service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl restart openziti-agent.service
You have successfully installed OpenZiti on Linux Mint and started the OpenZiti service. You can now configure your OpenZiti agent and start creating secure and scalable connections between different devices using OpenZiti.
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