Rudder User Documentation

Install Rudder Server

Ensure that the zypper package manager is configured, and install the required packages: rsyslog, rsyslog-pgsql and Oracle Java 6 JRE or OpenJDK 7 JRE. rsyslog and rsyslog-pgsql are downloadable alongside Rudder and Java is available through Oracle's website: http://www.java.com.

Run the following commands as root:

zypper ar -n "Normation RPM Repositories" http://www.rudder-project.org/rpm-2.10/SLES_11_SP1/ Normation
zypper up

This will add the Rudder package repository, then update the local package cache.

To begin the installation, you should simply install the rudder-server-root metapackage, which will install the required components:

zypper in rudder-server-root

Now jump to the next section to configure your server.

	Tip
	If you want to manage the Techniques Library with git on a SLES based system, you should download the SDK DVD and install git-core using yast2 or zypper, or get the RPM using another channel.