Install Rudder Agent on Debian or Ubuntu

Validate the content of the Rudder project repository by importing the GPG key used to sign it:

apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 474A19E8

If your HTTP Keyserver Protocol (11371/tcp) is blocked you can use an alternate command:

root@rudder-server:~# wget --quiet -O- "http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x474A19E8" | sudo apt-key add -

Add Rudder project repository:

  • on Debian Squeeze:
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rudder.list <<EOF
deb http://www.rudder-project.org/apt-2.10/ $(lsb_release -cs) main
EOF
  • on Ubuntu 12.04 and following, or Debian wheezy and following:
sudo apt-add-repository http://www.rudder-project.org/apt-2.10/

Update your local package database to retrieve the list of packages available on our repository:

sudo aptitude update

Install the rudder-agent package:

sudo aptitude install rudder-agent