How to Install Pomerium on Fedora CoreOS Latest?

Pomerium is an open-source identity-aware access proxy designed to secure access to valuable, internal applications and resources. It provides a simple and seamless access control solution for modern enterprises. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Pomerium on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Here are the high-level steps to install Pomerium on Fedora CoreOS:

  1. Prepare the environment
  2. Install Pomerium
  3. Configure Pomerium
  4. Test Pomerium

Prerequisites

Before we begin, please ensure that you have the following:

  • Access to a Fedora CoreOS instance
  • Shell access to the instance
  • Basic knowledge of Linux command-line interface
  • A Pomerium configuration file

Step 1 - Prepare the Environment

  1. Login to your Fedora CoreOS instance as a user with sudo privileges.

  2. Update the package list and upgrade the installed packages:

sudo dnf update
  1. Install unzip:
sudo dnf install -y unzip
  1. Create a new directory for Pomerium:
sudo mkdir /opt/pomerium
  1. Change directory to /opt/pomerium:
cd /opt/pomerium

Step 2 - Install Pomerium

  1. Download the latest version of Pomerium release from https://www.pomerium.io/ using the following command:
sudo curl -L https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/releases/latest/download/pomerium-linux-amd64.zip -o pomerium.zip
  1. Extract the downloaded package to the /opt/pomerium directory:
sudo unzip pomerium.zip -d /opt/pomerium
  1. Rename the extracted directory:
sudo mv /opt/pomerium/pomerium-* /opt/pomerium/current

Step 3 - Configure Pomerium

  1. Copy your Pomerium configuration file to the /opt/pomerium/current directory:
sudo cp /path/to/pomerium.yml /opt/pomerium/current/
  1. Create a new systemd unit file for Pomerium:
sudo nano /usr/lib/systemd/system/pomerium.service
  1. Add the following content to the unit file:
[Unit]
Description=Pomerium
Wants=network-online.target
After=network-online.target

[Service]
User=root
Group=root
WorkingDirectory=/opt/pomerium/current
ExecStart=/opt/pomerium/current/pomerium serve --config /opt/pomerium/current/pomerium.yml
Restart=always
LimitNOFILE=65536

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

  1. Save and close the file.

  2. Enable the Pomerium service:

sudo systemctl enable pomerium.service
  1. Start the Pomerium service:
sudo systemctl start pomerium.service

Step 4 - Test Pomerium

  1. Open a web browser and connect to https://<your-pomerium-domain>.

  2. Authenticate with the identity provider you have configured in your Pomerium configuration file.

  3. You should be redirected to the application you have defined in your Pomerium configuration file.

Congratulations! You have installed Pomerium on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Pomerium on Fedora CoreOS Latest. Pomerium is a powerful and flexible identity-aware access proxy that provides a simple and seamless access control solution for modern enterprises. With Pomerium deployed on your infrastructure, you can easily secure access to your valuable, internal applications and resources.