Validate the installation

Once all these steps have been completed, use your web browser to go to the URL given in the output of rudder-init.

You should see a loading screen, then a login prompt. The default login is "admin" with password "admin", authenticating you in the Rudder web interface with full administrative privileges. You are strongly advised to change this password as soon as possible.

The setup of the Rudder server is now over. If you plan to manage hundreds or thousands of Nodes, please note that some performance tuning can be necessary on the system.

[Note]Files installed by the application
/etc
System-wide configuration files are stored here: init scripts, configuration for apache, logrotate and rsyslog.
/opt/rudder
Non variable application files are stored here.
/opt/rudder/etc
Configuration files for Rudder services are stored here.
/var/log/rudder
Log files for Rudder services are stored here.
/var/rudder
Variable data for Rudder services are stored here.
/var/rudder/configuration-repository/techniques
Techniques are stored here.
/var/rudder/cfengine-community
Data for CFEngine Community is stored here.
/var/cfengine
Data for CFEngine Enterprise is stored here.
/usr/share/doc/rudder*
Documentation about Rudder packages.
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