How to Install Rundeck on OpenBSD

Rundeck is an open source automation tool that allows you to run tasks across a set of nodes. In this tutorial, we'll be installing Rundeck on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we get started with the installation, there are a few prerequisites that need to be met. Make sure that you have the following:

• OpenBSD installed on your system
• sudo access or root privileges
• A connection to the internet

Step 1: Installing Java

Rundeck requires Java to be installed on your system, so the first step is to install Java on your OpenBSD system.

$ sudo pkg_add openjdk-11

Once you execute the command, it will download and install OpenJDK 11 on your system.

Step 2: Downloading and Installing Rundeck

Now, we'll download and install the Rundeck package on our OpenBSD system.

1. Download the latest Rundeck package from http://rundeck.org/downloads.html.

$ wget https://dl.bintray.com/rundeck/rundeck-maven/rundeck-launcher-3.4.5.jar

2. Install the Rundeck package.

$ java -jar rundeck-launcher-3.4.5.jar

Rundeck will now start up and you should be able to access the Rundeck UI in your web browser by navigating to http://localhost:4440.

Step 3: Adding Users to Rundeck

By default, Rundeck comes with one user, "admin", with the password "admin". You should change the password for the "admin" user to something more secure. You can also add additional users to Rundeck.

1. Open the Rundeck UI in your web browser.
2. Click on the "Admin" button in the top right corner of the screen.
3. Select "Users" from the drop-down menu.
4. Click on the "admin" user to edit its settings.
5. Change the password for the "admin" user.
6. Click on the "New User" button to add a new user.

Conclusion

Congratulations, you have now installed Rundeck on your OpenBSD system. You can now use Rundeck to automate tasks across a set of nodes.

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