Installing Concourse on NetBSD

Concourse is a powerful continuous integration and delivery platform that automates your entire development pipeline. It is open-source and can run on Linux, macOS, and Windows systems. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps required to install Concourse on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• NetBSD system with root access
• Bash shell
• Docker
• Docker Compose

Step 1: Install Docker

The first step is to install Docker on your NetBSD system. To do this, run the following command:

pkg_add docker

This will install the latest version of Docker on your system.

Next, enable the Docker service at boot time:

echo 'docker=yes' >> /etc/rc.conf.local

Finally, start the Docker service:

service docker start

Step 2: Install Docker Compose

Docker Compose is a tool that allows you to define and run multi-container Docker applications. To install Docker Compose on NetBSD, run the following command:

pkg_add docker-compose

This will install the latest version of Docker Compose on your system.

Step 3: Install Concourse

Now that you have Docker and Docker Compose installed, you can proceed with the installation of Concourse. Follow the steps below:

1. Download the Concourse Docker Compose file:

curl -L https://concourse-ci.org/docker-compose.yml -o docker-compose.yml

2. Edit the file docker-compose.yml and change the following options:

CONCOURSE_EXTERNAL_URL=<your concourse URL>
# Example: CONCOURSE_EXTERNAL_URL=https://concourse.example.com
CONCOURSE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<your postgres password>
# Example: CONCOURSE_POSTGRES_PASSWORD=mysecretpassword

3. Start the Concourse Docker containers:

docker-compose up -d

This will start the Concourse web and worker containers in detached mode.

4. Check the Concourse status:

docker-compose ps

This will show you the status of the Concourse containers. You should see two running containers: concourse_web and concourse_worker.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Concourse on NetBSD. Now you can access the Concourse web interface by opening your browser and navigating to the Concourse external URL you specified in Step 3.

Note: If you want Concourse to start automatically when your system boots up, add the following line to /etc/rc.local:

/path/to/your/docker-compose/up -d

Make sure to replace /path/to/your/docker-compose with the path to your Concourse Docker Compose file.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Concourse on NetBSD. You also learned how to configure Docker and Docker Compose on NetBSD. Now you can make use of Concourse to automate your continuous integration and delivery pipeline.

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