Tutorial: How to Install Rapido on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Rapido on Alpine Linux Latest. Rapido is a command-line tool for easily and quickly generating YAML files that can be used for Kubernetes deployments.

Prerequisites

  • Access to the terminal of the Alpine Linux Latest system with root privileges.
  • A stable internet connection.

Steps

  1. Open a terminal on your Alpine Linux Latest system.

  2. Update the package list and dependencies:

apk update && apk upgrade
  1. Install Curl via the following command:
apk add curl
  1. Install the Docker community edition:
curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh
  1. Install the Git command-line tool via the following command:
apk add git
  1. Clone the Rapido codebase from the Git repository using the following command:
git clone https://framagit.org/InfoLibre/rapido.git
  1. Change into the newly-created rapido directory:
cd rapido
  1. Install the required dependencies:
apk add python python-dev gcc make musl-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev
  1. Install the Python package manager, pip:
apk add py-pip
  1. Install the required Python packages:
pip install requests pyopenssl
  1. Install the Rapido tool:
python setup.py install
  1. Verify that Rapido has been installed successfully by running the command:
rapido

The output should show the Rapido help documentation that displays various command-line options.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Rapido on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now generate YAML files for deploying Kubernetes applications on your system.