MCollective is a framework designed for infrastructure automation and orchestration in data centers and cloud environments. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install MCollective on macOS.
Before installing MCollective on macOS, you should have the following:
Open the terminal on your macOS computer by pressing Command + Spacebar and search for "Terminal".
Once you are in the terminal, run the below command to install Homebrew package manager:
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
After installing Homebrew, you can install MCollective with the below command:
brew install mcollective
Once the installation is completed, you can verify the installation by running the following command:
mco ping
If everything installed properly, you should see a successful response from the command similar to the following:
3/3 11.11s echo1.example.com ... time=37.85 ms
3/3 11.12s echo2.example.com ... time=55.07 ms
3/3 11.12s echo3.example.com ... time=45.08 ms
---- ping statistics ----
3 replies max: 55.07 min: 37.85 avg: 46.33
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MCollective on macOS using Homebrew. Now you can use it for infrastructure automation and orchestration.
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