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 -yInstall Rudder -Conclusion
That’s it
Thanks.
