How to Install CDS on Pop!_OS

CDS is a distributed continuous delivery service created by OVH. It provides a powerful platform for automating your release processes, deployment, and testing. Here's how to install it on Pop!_OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before beginning, ensure that you have the following:

• A machine running Pop!_OS Latest
• Administrative privileges

Steps to Install CDS on Pop!_OS

1. Start by opening a terminal on your Pop!_OS machine.

2. As a first step, update the package index and upgrade the system:

$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

3. Next, install the necessary dependencies. CDS requires two databases-- Postgres and Redis. Install them using the following commands:

$ sudo apt install postgresql redis-server

4. After installing the databases, start and enable them so that they start automatically:

$ sudo systemctl start postgresql redis-server
$ sudo systemctl enable postgresql redis-server

5. Download the CDS package using wget from the official site:

$ wget https://github.com/ovh/cds/releases/download/1.31.0/cds-1.31.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz

6. Extract the files from the downloaded package:

$ tar -xzf cds-1.31.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz

7. Next, change the directory to the extracted CDS package:

$ cd cds-1.31.0-linux-amd64

8. Run the following command to enable the cds command:

$ sudo ./bin/cds/bin/cds configure

9. Now, you can start CDS by running the following command:

$ sudo ./bin/cds start

10. If you want to stop CDS, run the following command:

$ sudo ./bin/cds stop

Congratulations! You've successfully installed CDS on your Pop!_OS system. You can access it by navigating to http://localhost:8081 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps of installing CDS on Pop!_OS Latest. Now you can use CDS to automate your release processes and improve your development and deployment workflows.

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