Rundeck

Rundeck is runbook automation that gives you and your colleagues self-service access to the processes and tools they need to get their job done.

Installation

Ubuntu or Debian disto

Community version

Java

!!! WARNING

Rundeck depends on **Java 11** or **Java 8**. The **Java 14** packages will satisfy this dependency however Rundeck will not function properly with them. It is recommended to install the `openjdk-11-jre-headless` package manually.

sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jre-headless

Quick installation

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rundeck/packaging/main/scripts/deb-setup.sh 2> /dev/null | sudo bash -s rundeck

Manual installation

Bring signed keys :

curl -L https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeck/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -

Create new sources list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rundeck.list :

deb https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeck/any/ any main
deb-src https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeck/any/ any main

Now, lets install

Download package if relavant from the download page

sudo apt update
sudo apt install rundeck

Post Installation

URL ?

Change the URL into the /etc/rundeck directory
> might be run as root

Replace the 10..x by your iP

sed -i 's/localhost/10..x/g' rundeck-config.properties framework.properties

Service

Enable the rundeckd service

sudo systemctl enable rundeckd

Start the rundeckd service

sudo systemctl start rundeckd

To verify that the service started correctly, tail the logs:

tail -f /var/log/rundeck/service.log

Copied!

The service is ready once you see something similar to:

Grails application running at http://localhost:4440 in environment: production

Yes there is locahost in the log I know …

#### Logging in for the first time

1. Navigate to http://10..x:4440/ (open new window) in a browser.
2. Log in with the username admin and password admin

Rundeck is now up and running !