How To Install Rudder on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS

Rudder is an open source audit and configuration management utility to help automate system configuration across large IT infrastructures. Rudder relies on a lightweight local agent installed on each managed machine.

In this guide, you will show you how to install Rudder on Ubuntu systems.

Install Rudder on Ubuntu-APT method

Follow the steps below to get started with Rudder :

• Update your Ubuntu system packages with running the below command:

sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y

• Then install Java by running the following command:

sudo apt install default-jre -y

• By default, Rudder package is not available on Ubuntu base repository. So You can install it via adding the Rudder repository as follows:

sh -c 'echo "deb http://repository.rudder.io/apt/6.0/ bionic main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rudder.list'

• Also import the GPG key as follows:

wget --quiet -O- "https://repository.rudder.io/apt/rudder_apt_key.pub" | apt-key add -

• Run the command below to reflect on the Rudder repo:

sudo apt update -y

• Then install Rudder as shown below:

sudo apt install rudder-server-root -y

• You have to choose to configure database rsyslog-pgsql with dbconfig-common package as shown below so press yes

• Then, choose the localhost for it or just click Enter

Access Rudder Web Interface

• Finally, open your web browser and access the Rudder web interface using the URL http://your_server_IP/rudder
• Click Advanced to skip the potential security risk

• Accept the risk then continue

• Rudder webpage will be loaded for a while as shown below

• And then you will be directed to the login wizard as follows, so login with the credentials:

Username: admin
Password: admin

Here we go, you will see the Rudder Dashboard as follows in the screenshot below

How to Remove (Uninstall) Rudder

• Remove Rudder APT Method

sudo apt autoremove rudder-server-root --purge -y

Install Rudder -Conclusion

That’s it

Thanks.