How to Install RudderStack on Fedora CoreOS Latest

RudderStack is an open-source data pipeline tool that helps you collect, store, and route data from different sources to various destinations. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install RudderStack on Fedora CoreOS, which is a lightweight Linux distribution designed specifically for containerized workloads.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

  • A machine running Fedora CoreOS Latest with SSH access.
  • Docker and docker-compose installed on your machine.
  • Basic knowledge of Linux command-line interface.

Step 1: Setting Up Docker Environment

The first step is to ensure that the Docker environment is set up on your machine. To check if Docker is installed run the following command:

sudo systemctl status docker

If Docker is not installed on your machine, follow these steps:

  1. Install Docker by running the following command:
sudo dnf install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
  1. Enable Docker to start on boot:
sudo systemctl enable docker
  1. Start the Docker service:
sudo systemctl start docker

Step 2: Download RudderStack

To download RudderStack, clone the RudderStack Git repository by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/rudderlabs/rudder-server.git rudder

The above command will create a new directory rudder and download all the required files.

Step 3: Configure RudderStack

Before starting RudderStack, we need to set up the configuration file.

  1. Navigate to the RudderStack directory by running the following command:
cd rudder
  1. Copy the sample configuration file by running the following command:
cp .env.sample .env
  1. Edit the .env file using any text editor and provide the appropriate values for the RUDDER_SECRET and RUDDER_DATA_DIR variables.
RUDDER_SECRET=my-secret-key
RUDDER_DATA_DIR=/opt/rudder/data

Here, RUDDER_SECRET represents the secret key that will be used to encrypt the data.  

RUDDER_DATA_DIR represents the directory where RudderStack will store the data.

Step 4: Start RudderStack

Now that the configuration is set up, we can start the RudderStack server.

  1. Start the server by running the following command:
sudo docker-compose up -d

This command will start the RudderStack server in detached mode. The process may take a few minutes as all the dependencies need to be downloaded.

  1. Check if the RudderStack server is running by running the following command:
sudo docker-compose ps

This command will list all the running containers. You should see a container named rudder-server running.

  1. Verify RudderStack server using the following command:
curl http://localhost:8080/v1/stats

If the installation is successful, you should see the following output:

{"healthy":true}

Conclusion

That's it! You have now learned how to install RudderStack on Fedora CoreOS Latest. You can start using RudderStack to collect, store, and route data from different sources to various destinations. Happy data exploration!