Quick installation

[Warning]Warning

This is a bit like the insecure curl | sh, this is because it is intended for quick testing. Please read the full installation section if you want the complete procedure.

However the URL is HTTPS with a valid certificate.

We have a quick procedure for people who just want to test Rudder:

  su -
  wget https://www.rudder-project.org/tools/rudder-setup
  chmod +x rudder-setup
  ./rudder-setup setup-server latest

This will setup Rudder repository on your system and the use the package manager to install rudder server in latest version.

rudder-setup can also install an agent or a relay in any version, here is the full usage:

Usage rudder-setup (add-repository|setup-agent|setup-server|upgrade-agent|upgrade-server) <rudder_version> [<policy_server>]
  Adds a repository and setup rudder on your OS
  Should work on as many OS as possible
  Currently suported : Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora, Centos, Amazon, Oracle, SLES

  rudder_version : x.y or x.y.z or x.y-nightly or ci/x.y or lts or latest
       x.y:         the last x.y release (ex: 3.2)
       x.y.z:       the exact x.y.z release (ex: 3.2.1)
       x.y.z-t:     the exact x.y.z release with a retag number t (ex: 3.2.1-1)
       x.y.z.a:     the last x.y.z pre-release where a can be alpha1, beta1, rc1... (ex: 4.0.0.rc1)
       x.y-nightly: the last public x.y nightly build (ex: 3.2-nightly)
       ci/x.y:      the last private x.y nightly build (ex: ci/3.2)
       ci/x.y.z:    the last private x.y.z release build (ex: ci/3.2.16)
       ci/x.y.z-t:  the last private x.y.z release build with a retag number t (ex: ci/3.2.16-1)
       ci/x.y.z.a:  the last private x.y.z pre-release build (ex: ci/4.0.0.rc1)
       lts:         the last long term support version
       latest:      the last stable version