Install Rudder Agent on RHEL-like systems

Each package that is published by Rudder Project is signed with our GPG signature. To ensure the packages you will install are official builds and have not been altered, import our key into rpm using the following command:

rpm --import https://www.rudder-project.org/rpm-repos/rudder_rpm_key.pub

Our key fingerprint is:

pub  1024R/6F07D355 2012-11-09 Rudder Project (RPM release key) <security@rudder-project.org>
      Key fingerprint = 1141 A947 CDA0 4E83 82C1  B9C4 ADAB 3BD3 6F07 D355

Then define a yum repository for Rudder:

echo '[Rudder_3.1]
name=Rudder 3.1 EL repository
baseurl=http://www.rudder-project.org/rpm-3.1/RHEL_$releasever/
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://www.rudder-project.org/rpm-3.1/RHEL_$releasever/repodata/repomd.xml.key' > /etc/yum.repos.d/rudder.repo
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The RPM can be directly downloaded for a standalone installation, from the following URL: http://www.rudder-project.org/rpm-3.1/RHEL_7/ (or RHEL_6, RHEL_5, etc, depending on your host’s OS version)

Install the package:

yum install rudder-agent

Or:

yum install rudder-agent-3.1.0-1.EL.7.x86_64.rpm