Installing GoCD on MXLinux

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing GoCD, an open source continuous delivery server, on MXLinux Latest.

Prerequisites

• MXLinux Latest installed on your machine.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Java

GoCD requires Java 8 or higher to be installed on your machine. Run the following command to install Java 11 on MXLinux:

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jre-headless 

You can check the installed Java version by running the following command:

java -version 

Step 2: Download and add GoCD repository

You can download the latest GoCD package from https://www.gocd.org/download/.

After downloading the package, add the GoCD repository to your system by running the following commands:

echo "deb https://download.go.cd /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gocd.list 
curl https://download.go.cd/GOCD-GPG-KEY.asc | sudo apt-key add - 
sudo apt-get update 

Step 3: Install GoCD

You can now install GoCD by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install go-server 

This command will install the GoCD server and its dependencies.

Step 4: Start the GoCD server

The GoCD server should start automatically after installation. You can check the status of the server by running the following command:

sudo systemctl status go-server 

If the server is not running, start it by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start go-server 

Step 5: Access GoCD

You can now access the GoCD server by opening the following URL in your web browser:

http://localhost:8153/go

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed GoCD on MXLinux Latest. You can now start using GoCD to automate your continuous delivery pipelines.