How to Install Cloud Foundry on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Cloud Foundry on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

• A server running OpenBSD
• Root access to the server
• Internet connectivity

Step 1: Install CF CLI

1. Open a terminal window.

2. Download the latest version of the CF CLI binary for OpenBSD using the following command:

   $ fetch https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/stable?release=bsd64&version=7.2.0&source=github-rel
   

3. Now extract the downloaded archive with following command:

   $ tar -xvf stable\?release\=bsd64\&version\=7.2.0\&source\=github-rel
   

4. Change to the directory containing the downloaded binary file:

   $ cd cf-cli-7.2.0
   

5. Copy the binary file to the /usr/local/bin directory:

   $ sudo cp cf /usr/local/bin
   

6. Verify the installation by running the following command:

   $ cf -v 
   

   This should print the version of the CF CLI currently installed.

Step 2: Install BOSH Lite

1. Install Homebrew using the following command:

   $ /usr/bin/env ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
   

2. Install RBenv which is used to manage multiple Ruby versions on the same system:

   $ brew install rbenv
   

3. Add the following lines to your shell configuration file (e.g., ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):

   export RBENV_ROOT=/usr/local/var/rbenv
   if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi
   

4. Reload the shell configuration with the following command:

   $ source ~/.bashrc
   

5. Install Ruby 2.3.x using RBenv:

   $ rbenv install 2.3.0
   

6. Clone the BOSH Lite repository using git:

   $ git clone https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-lite.git
   

7. Change to the directory containing the cloned repo:

   $ cd bosh-lite
   

8. Install VirtualBox:

   $ pkg_add -i virtualbox
   

9. Install Vagrant:

   $ pkg_add -i vagrant
   

10. Install the Vagrant plugin that allows interaction with VirtualBox:

    $ vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
    

11. Start the BOSH Lite virtual machine:

    $ vagrant up --provider=virtualbox
    

The installation process of Cloud Foundry on OpenBSD is completed successfully.

Conclusion

By following this tutorial, you should now have a working installation of Cloud Foundry on OpenBSD. You can now start deploying applications to your Cloud Foundry service.

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