First steps with Rundeck

Introduction
Rundeck is open source software that helps you automate routine operational
procedures in data center or cloud environments.

Teams can collaborate to share how processes are automated while others are given
trust to view operational activity or execute tasks.

A Server for people that want to create reusable task automation

An open source software project at GitHub (Apache 2.0 license)

What do you expect to learn from this Tutorial?

Installation

Manage configuration files

Create Projects

Add nodes

Manage users

Create and run Jobs

Execute ad hoc commands

Integrate with Jenkins

Installation

System Requirements

Some operating system The following operating systems are supported by Rundeck:

Linux: Most recent distributions are likely to work

Windows: XP, Server and above

Mac OS X 10.4 or later

 Root or Administrator is not required or recommended. Dedicated user account such as
"rundeck" is recommended.
Java, Rundeck is a Java-Servlet based server and therefore requires the Java runtime.
The following ports should be allowed: 4440 (http), 4443 (https)

CENTOS distribution installation

You should use Yum RPM Install, so execute the following commands:

1. yum install java-1.6.0

2. rpm -Uvh http://repo.rundeck.org/latest.rpm
3. yum install rundeck
4. service rundeckd start

Also you can download the rpm file from: https://bintray.com/rundeck/rundeck-rpm

UBUNTU/DEBIAN installation

You should use dpkg command, so follow the below steps:

1. Download package from: http://dl.bintray.com/rundeck/rundeck-deb/rundeck-2.3.2-1-

GA.deb
2. Execute the following command from a terminal shell: dpkg -i rundeck-2.3.2-1-GA.deb

Window installation

In order to run Rundeck in windows you need to follow the below steps:

1. Download jar file from the following file http://dl.bintray.com/rundeck/rundeck-

maven/rundeck-launcher-2.5.0.jar
2. Execute the following command from a cmd console: java -jar rundeck-launcher-
2.1.2.jar

Modify

sudo nano rundeck-config.properties

# change hostname here

grails.serverURL=http://172.20.200.67:4440
The default port for the web interface is 4440. If you installed Rundeck on your local machine,
go to this URL: http://localhost:4440

Rundeck requires every user to login. The default installation defines an "admin" user with
access to perform all actions. Use "admin" for username and password.