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How to Install BOSH on macOS

BOSH is an open-source tool for release engineering, deployment, lifecycle management, and monitoring of distributed systems. This tutorial will guide you to install BOSH on macOS.

Prerequisites

• Homebrew package manager (https://brew.sh/) installed on your macOS machine.
• Ruby version 2.5 installed.

Step 1: Install Ruby

If Ruby is not installed on your machine, you can install it using Homebrew:

brew install ruby

Step 2: Install the BOSH CLI

BOSH is distributed as a RubyGem, so you can easily install it using the following command:

gem install bosh_cli --no-document

Step 3: Verify the Installation

After the installation, verify that BOSH is installed by running the following command:

bosh --version

It should return the version of the installed tool.

Step 4: Install a BOSH Lite Virtual Machine

BOSH Lite is a pre-configured virtual machine that includes all the required components to create, deploy and update BOSH releases. You can install it using the following command:

brew install cloudfoundry/tap/bosh-cli --with-bosh2-support
bosh create-env ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/bosh.yml \
  --state ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/state.json \
  -o ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/virtualbox/cpi.yml \
  -o ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/virtualbox/outbound-network.yml \
  -o ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/bosh-lite.yml \
  -o ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/bosh-lite-runc.yml \
  -o ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/uaa.yml \
  -o ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/credhub.yml \
  -o ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/jumpbox-user.yml \
  --vars-store ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/creds.yml \
  -v director_name=bosh-lite \
  -v internal_cidr=192.168.50.0/24 \
  -v internal_gw=192.168.50.1 \
  -v internal_ip=192.168.50.6 \
  --var-file private_key=~/.ssh/id_rsa

This will create a BOSH Lite Virtual Machine with a set of predefined properties.

Step 5: Verify the BOSH Lite Virtual Machine

Verify that the BOSH Lite Virtual Machine is running by running the following command:

bosh -e 192.168.50.6 --ca-cert <(bosh int ~/workspace/bosh-deployment/creds.yml --path /director_ssl/ca) \
  alias-env bosh-lite

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed BOSH on your macOS machine. You can now use it for release engineering, deployment, lifecycle management, and monitoring of distributed systems.

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