How to Install CDS on Pop!_OS

CDS is a distributed continuous delivery service created by OVH. It provides a powerful platform for automating your release processes, deployment, and testing. Here's how to install it on Pop!_OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before beginning, ensure that you have the following:

  • A machine running Pop!_OS Latest
  • Administrative privileges

Steps to Install CDS on Pop!_OS

  1. Start by opening a terminal on your Pop!_OS machine.

  2. As a first step, update the package index and upgrade the system:

$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
  1. Next, install the necessary dependencies. CDS requires two databases-- Postgres and Redis. Install them using the following commands:
$ sudo apt install postgresql redis-server
  1. After installing the databases, start and enable them so that they start automatically:
$ sudo systemctl start postgresql redis-server
$ sudo systemctl enable postgresql redis-server
  1. Download the CDS package using wget from the official site:
$ wget https://github.com/ovh/cds/releases/download/1.31.0/cds-1.31.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
  1. Extract the files from the downloaded package:
$ tar -xzf cds-1.31.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
  1. Next, change the directory to the extracted CDS package:
$ cd cds-1.31.0-linux-amd64
  1. Run the following command to enable the cds command:
$ sudo ./bin/cds/bin/cds configure
  1. Now, you can start CDS by running the following command:
$ sudo ./bin/cds start
  1. If you want to stop CDS, run the following command:
$ sudo ./bin/cds stop

Congratulations! You've successfully installed CDS on your Pop!_OS system. You can access it by navigating to http://localhost:8081 in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps of installing CDS on Pop!_OS Latest. Now you can use CDS to automate your release processes and improve your development and deployment workflows.