How to Install Cloud Foundry on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Cloud Foundry on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

  • A server running OpenBSD
  • Root access to the server
  • Internet connectivity

Step 1: Install CF CLI

  1. Open a terminal window.

  2. Download the latest version of the CF CLI binary for OpenBSD using the following command:

    $ fetch https://packages.cloudfoundry.org/stable?release=bsd64&version=7.2.0&source=github-rel

  3. Now extract the downloaded archive with following command:

    $ tar -xvf stable\?release\=bsd64\&version\=7.2.0\&source\=github-rel

  4. Change to the directory containing the downloaded binary file:

    $ cd cf-cli-7.2.0

  5. Copy the binary file to the /usr/local/bin directory:

    $ sudo cp cf /usr/local/bin

  6. Verify the installation by running the following command:

    $ cf -v

    This should print the version of the CF CLI currently installed.

Step 2: Install BOSH Lite

  1. Install Homebrew using the following command:

    $ /usr/bin/env ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

  2. Install RBenv which is used to manage multiple Ruby versions on the same system:

    $ brew install rbenv

  3. Add the following lines to your shell configuration file (e.g., ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc):

    export RBENV_ROOT=/usr/local/var/rbenv
if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi

  4. Reload the shell configuration with the following command: 

    $ source ~/.bashrc

  5. Install Ruby 2.3.x using RBenv:

    $ rbenv install 2.3.0

  6. Clone the BOSH Lite repository using git:

    $ git clone https://github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-lite.git

  7. Change to the directory containing the cloned repo:

    $ cd bosh-lite

  8. Install VirtualBox:

    $ pkg_add -i virtualbox

  9. Install Vagrant:

    $ pkg_add -i vagrant

  10. Install the Vagrant plugin that allows interaction with VirtualBox:

    $ vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest

  11. Start the BOSH Lite virtual machine:

    $ vagrant up --provider=virtualbox

The installation process of Cloud Foundry on OpenBSD is completed successfully.

Conclusion

By following this tutorial, you should now have a working installation of Cloud Foundry on OpenBSD. You can now start deploying applications to your Cloud Foundry service.