How to Install Mesos on OpenBSD

Mesos is a distributed systems kernel that enables the management of systems for large scale computing. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Mesos on an OpenBSD machine.

Prerequisites

Before installing Mesos, ensure that your OpenBSD machine meets the following requirements:

• Stable OpenBSD 6.5 or later
• Sufficient disk space and memory
• A non-root user account with superuser (sudo) privileges

Install Dependencies

Before installing Mesos, you need to install some dependencies. The following command installs the required dependencies:

$ sudo pkg_add autoconf automake boost cmake gcc gettext git gmake libtool pkgconf python

Clone Mesos from GitHub

Clone the Mesos source code from GitHub using the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/apache/mesos.git

Next, change to the Mesos directory:

$ cd mesos

Configure Mesos

First, run the bootstrap script to generate the build files:

$ ./bootstrap

Next, create a directory to store the build files:

$ mkdir build
$ cd build

Configure Mesos with CMake:

$ ../configure

It's recommended to add the --prefix flag to specify where to install Mesos:

$ ../configure --prefix=/usr/local/mesos

Build and Install Mesos

Build Mesos using make:

$ make

Install Mesos using make:

$ sudo make install

Verify Mesos Installation

Verify the Mesos installation by running the following command:

$ /usr/local/mesos/bin/mesos-master.sh --version

You should see the version of Mesos being displayed.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed Mesos on an OpenBSD machine. Mesos is a powerful tool that enables the management of systems for large scale computing. Use it to manage your computing resources efficiently.