Pallet is a powerful automation and management tool used to create, configure and manage infrastructure cloud providers, servers, networks and applications. Pallet provides a simple and fast way to deploy your infrastructure hassle-free.
This tutorial will guide you through the steps involved in installing Pallet on MXLinux latest version.
Before you move ahead with Pallet installation, you need to first update your MXLinux system. This will help you fix any possible issues that may arise during installation.
Run the following command in the terminal to update your system:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Pallet is written in Java, so you must have Java installed on your MXLinux system to run it.
Run the following command in the terminal to install Java:
sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk-headless -y
Pallet can be downloaded from its official website. Visit the website http://palletops.com/ and click on the "Download" button on the homepage.
On the next page, you’ll see the download options available for various operating systems. Select the “Linux”, and then the .tar.gz file option to download the Pallet compressed file.
Use the following command to download the Pallet compressed file in the terminal:
wget https://github.com/pallet/pallet/releases/download/pallet-0.9.7/pallet-standalone-0.9.7-SNAPSHOT.tgz
After downloading, the next step is to extract the Pallet compressed file. Run the following command in the terminal:
tar -zxvf pallet-standalone-0.9.7-SNAPSHOT.tgz
The next step is to export the Pallet environment variables to enable you to use it anywhere on your MXLinux system. Run the following commands to export the variables:
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/pallet/bin
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin
Ensure to replace /path/to/pallet/bin with the correct relative path to your Pallet bin directory.
After installing Pallet and exporting the environment variables, you’ll need to verify the installation.
Run the following command in the terminal to verify Pallet installation:
pallet --version
If the installation was successful, you should see its version outputted to your terminal.
In this tutorial, we have shown the steps involved in installing Pallet on MXLinux latest version. You can now start deploying and managing your infrastructure using Pallet.
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