Installing Pallet on Void Linux

Pallet is an open source platform for managing infrastructure as code. In this tutorial, we will be discussing how to install Pallet on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Void Linux
• Java Development Kit (JDK) 7 or higher
• Leiningen 2.0 or higher

Steps

1. Update your system packages by running:

   sudo xbps-install -Suy
   

2. Install JDK 7 or higher:

   sudo xbps-install -S openjdk8
   

3. Install Leiningen 2.0 or higher:

   sudo xbps-install -S leiningen
   

4. Download Pallet using the following command:

   wget https://github.com/pallet/pallet/releases/download/0.8.4/pallet-standalone-0.8.4.jar
   

   This will download the Pallet standalone JAR file to your current working directory.

5. Create a new directory to store your configuration files:

   mkdir ~/.pallet
   

6. Create a new configuration file for Pallet:

   touch ~/.pallet/config.clj
   

7. Add the following code to your config.clj file:

   {:pallet
     {:services {:provider "aws-ec2"}}
    :nrepl {:port 7888 :bind "localhost"}}
   

   This code sets up Pallet to use Amazon EC2 as the provider for its services, and sets up an nREPL server on port 7888.

8. Start the nREPL server by running:

   lein repl :headless :port 7888
   

   This will start the nREPL server and leave it running in the background.

9. Start Pallet by running:

   java -jar pallet-standalone-0.8.4.jar
   

   Pallet should now be running and ready to use.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we discussed how to install Pallet on Void Linux. Now that Pallet is installed, you can use it to manage your infrastructure as code.

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