How to Install Concourse on macOS

Concourse is an open-source continuous integration and delivery platform that makes it easy to automate your software development workflow. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Concourse on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• Homebrew package manager installed
• Docker runtime installed and running
• A text editor for editing configuration files

Step 1: Install Concourse CLI

Concourse CLI is a command-line interface tool that we will use to interact with Concourse. It can be installed using the following Homebrew command:

brew install concourse

Step 2: Download Concourse Docker-Compose file

Concourse is distributed as a Docker image that can be run using Docker Compose. Download the latest docker-compose file from the official Concourse website using the following command:

curl -o docker-compose.yml https://concourse-ci.org/docker-compose.yml

Step 3: Edit the Docker-Compose file

We need to edit the docker-compose file to add some configuration options. Open the downloaded docker-compose file in your preferred text editor and make the following changes:

• Set the ATC_EXTERNAL_URL environment variable to localhost:8080:

  environment:
    ATC_EXTERNAL_URL: http://localhost:8080
  

• Uncomment the CONCOURSE_POSTGRES_DATA_SOURCE environment variable and set it to a custom path, for example:

  environment:
    CONCOURSE_POSTGRES_DATA_SOURCE: postgres://concourse:concourse@localhost/concourse?sslmode=disable
  

  This sets the PostgreSQL data source to localhost with username concourse, password concourse, and database name concourse. You can change these values to match your needs.

Step 4: Start Concourse

To start Concourse, run the following command in the same directory where you downloaded the docker-compose file:

docker-compose up

This will start the Concourse server and download any necessary additional Docker images.

Step 5: Access Concourse Web UI

Once Concourse is up and running, you can access the Web UI by opening your web browser and navigating to:

http://localhost:8080

You should see the Concourse login page, where you can log in and start using the platform.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps needed to install Concourse on macOS using Docker Compose. With Concourse up and running, you can start automating your software development workflow with ease.

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