Concourse is an open-source continuous integration and delivery system that utilizes a pipeline-based workflow to automate the building, testing, and deploying of software applications. In this tutorial, we will discuss the steps to install Concourse on nixOS Latest.
Open a terminal window.
Update your system by running the following command:
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
sudo nix-env -i concourse
concourse-web.service
) in the /etc/systemd/system
directory by running the following command:sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/concourse-web.service
[Unit]
Description=Concourse web server
[Service]
User=concourse
Group=concourse
Restart=on-failure
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "/run/current-system/sw/bin/concourse web \
--basic-auth-username=myuser \
--basic-auth-password=mypassword \
--session-signing-key=/etc/concourse/session_signing_key \
--tsa-host-key=/etc/concourse/worker_key \
--tsa-authorized-keys=/etc/concourse/authorized_worker_keys \
--tsa-external-url=http://ci.example.com:8080 \
--postgres-data-source=postgres://myuser:mypassword@localhost:5432/atc \
--add-local-user=myuser:mypassword \
2>&1 | tee /var/log/concourse/web.log"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
This code creates a Concourse web service that listens on http://ci.example.com:8080 and authenticates users myuser
and mypassword
.
concourse-worker.service
) in the /etc/systemd/system
directory by running the following command:sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/concourse-worker.service
[Unit]
Description=Concourse worker
[Service]
User=concourse
Group=concourse
Restart=on-failure
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c "/run/current-system/sw/bin/concourse worker \
--work-dir=/var/lib/concourse/worker \
--tsa-host=127.0.0.1 \
--tsa-public-key=/etc/concourse/worker_key.pub \
--tsa-worker-private-key=/etc/concourse/worker_key \
--baggageclaim-driver=aufs \
--privileged \
2>&1 | tee /var/log/concourse/worker.log"
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
/var/lib/concourse
directory and its subdirectories to the concourse
user by running the following command:sudo chown concourse:concourse -R /var/lib/concourse
sudo systemctl start concourse-web.service
sudo systemctl start concourse-worker.service
sudo systemctl enable concourse-web.service
sudo systemctl enable concourse-worker.service
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Concourse on nixOS Latest.
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