Installing The Foreman on POP! OS

The Foreman is an open source tool that can be used to manage physical and virtual servers on different platforms. It is designed to be a centralized management system for multiple servers, and it is easy to use with its web-based interface. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install The Foreman on POP! OS 20.04.

Prerequisites

• A machine running POP! OS 20.04 or later.
• A user account with sudo privilege.
• Good internet connection.

Step 1: Update System

The first step is updating the system and upgrading it to the latest packages. To do that, open up a terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Wait for the process to complete.

Step 2: Install dependencies

The next step is to install the required dependencies for The Foreman on POP! OS. Run the following command in the terminal:

sudo apt install git puppet git-core rubygems ruby-bundler qemu-kvm libvirt-bin libvirt-dev libvirt-glib-1.0 libvirt-utils libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libsqlite3-dev libpq-dev libmysqlclient-dev build-essential -y

Step 3: Install Foreman from the Source

Now it's time to install The Foreman. Fire up the terminal and follow the steps:

Cloning the Foreman Repository

Begin by cloning the Foreman repository using Git:

git clone https://github.com/theforeman/foreman.git

Change the working directory to the cloned folder:

cd foreman

Installing Foreman dependencies

Before compiling, install the required Foreman dependencies using below command:

bundle install --without sqlite mysql --path vendor/bundle

Building Foreman

Build Foreman from the source code by running:

sudo gem install foreman-installer

Running Foreman Installer

Run the following command to initiate the Foreman installation process:

sudo foreman-installer --enable-foreman-proxy --enable-foreman-compute-libvirt

This will install and run Foreman as a web-based application.

Starting Foreman service

The Foreman service can be started by running:

sudo systemctl start foreman

To enable the service to start automatically at boot time, run:

sudo systemctl enable foreman

Conclusion

The Foreman is now installed on your POP! OS system. You can access the web interface by typing in the URL http://your_server_ip/, replacing your_server_ip with the IP address of your server. From there, you can start managing multiple physical and virtual servers from a single web interface.

Note: The username and password to log into the Foreman web interface is 'admin'.

That's it! You have successfully installed The Foreman on your POP! OS system. Happy managing multiple servers.

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