How to Install Nomad on OpenSUSE Latest

Nomad is a powerful and flexible workload orchestrator for deploying and managing applications across large, dynamic clusters of machines. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Nomad on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:

Installation Steps

Follow the steps below to install Nomad on OpenSUSE Latest:

Step 1: Update the System

Before installing any software on your machine, it is a good practice to update the system packages to the latest version.

Use the following command to update the system:

sudo zypper update

Step 2: Install Package Dependencies

Nomad requires some dependencies to be installed on the system before it can be installed. Use the following command to install these dependencies:

sudo zypper install -y gnupg tar gzip curl

Step 3: Download and Verify the Nomad Package

Download the latest release of Nomad from the official website using the following command:

curl -O https://releases.hashicorp.com/nomad/<version>/nomad_<version>_linux_amd64.zip

Replace with the latest Nomad version.

Verify the downloaded package using the signature file from the official website using the following command:

curl -Os https://releases.hashicorp.com/nomad/<version>/nomad_<version>_SHA256SUMS.sig
curl -s https://keybase.io/hashicorp/pgp_keys.asc | gpg --import
gpg --verify nomad_<version>_SHA256SUMS.sig nomad_<version>_linux_amd64.zip

Step 4: Install Nomad

Extract the downloaded package to the /usr/local/bin directory using the following commands:

unzip nomad_<version>_linux_amd64.zip
sudo mv nomad /usr/local/bin

Set the permissions on the Nomad binary using the following command:

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/nomad

Step 5: Verify the Installation

Verify that Nomad is installed and working by running the following command:

nomad version

If the installation is successful, the command will return the version of Nomad installed.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Nomad on OpenSUSE Latest. Nomad is a powerful and flexible tool for orchestrating and managing workloads across large clusters of machines. Now that you have it installed, you can start using it to deploy and manage your applications.

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