How to Install Bolt on Linux Mint Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Bolt on Linux Mint Latest. Bolt is an open-source task automation tool that allows you to automate repetitive tasks across your infrastructure.

Step 1: Update your system

Before we start with the installation of Bolt, we need to update our system packages to the latest version. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Step 2: Install Bolt

To install Bolt, you can follow the steps given below:

  1. Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard.
  2. Run the following command to add the Puppet Repository to your system:
curl -s https://apt.puppet.com/DEB-GPG-KEY-puppet | sudo apt-key add -
sudo curl -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/puppet6.list https://apt.puppet.com/puppet6-release-bionic.deb
  1. Now, update the apt packages list using the following command:
sudo apt update
  1. Finally, install Bolt by running the command:
sudo apt install bolt

After the installation is complete, you can verify the installation by running the following command:

bolt --version

Step 3: Configure Bolt

To configure Bolt, you can either use the configuration file located at /etc/puppetlabs/bolt/bolt.yaml or you can create a new configuration file in your home directory at ~/.puppetlabs/bolt/bolt.yaml.

Here is an example configuration file that sets the target node to localhost:

---
transport: ssh
ssh:
  user: <your-username>
  password: <your-password>
  host-key-check: false
  host: localhost

Replace <your-username> and <your-password> with your login credentials.

Conclusion

You have now successfully installed and configured Bolt on Linux Mint Latest. You can now start automating your infrastructure tasks with Bolt.