Installing Olaris on OpenBSD

Olaris is an open-source server for remote system administration and deployment. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Olaris on an OpenBSD system.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you meet the following prerequisites:

  • A running instance of OpenBSD
  • A user account with administrative privileges (root access)

Step 1: Install Dependencies

First, we need to install the required dependencies for Olaris to run on OpenBSD. Open a terminal window and run the following command:

pkg_add go git

This will install the Go programming language and Git version control system.

Step 2: Clone Olaris Repository

Next, clone the Olaris repository from GitLab using the following command:

git clone https://gitlab.com/olaris/olaris-server.git

This will clone the repository to your current working directory.

Step 3: Build Olaris Server

Now, we need to build the Olaris server. Change to the olaris-server directory that was just created using the following command:

cd olaris-server

Next, build the server binary by running the following command:

go build

Wait for the build process to complete. It may take a few minutes.

Step 4: Configure Olaris Server

After successfully building the server, you need to create a configuration file for Olaris. You can do this by copying the example configuration file to a new file named config.yaml using the following command:

cp config.example.yaml config.yaml

Next, open the config.yaml file in a text editor and update the settings as needed. For example, you may want to change the api section to specify the IP address and port where Olaris will listen for incoming connections.

Step 5: Run Olaris Server

Finally, you can start the Olaris server by running the following command:

./olaris-server

This will start the Olaris server, and you can verify that it is running by visiting the IP address and port you specified in the configuration file in a web browser. By default, this will be at http://localhost:8180

Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Olaris on your OpenBSD system!