Rundeck is an opensource automation management application that allows you to schedule scripts to run in an organized fashion. Below are the steps to installing rundeck on Ubunt server.

first make sure you have mysql and java8 installed to do this run the following commands

sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk mysql-server

Now we need to set the java8 as the default java by running

sudo update-alternatives --config java

Select the number for the java 8 install

1. Install the rundeck community repository

        curl -L https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeck/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -
	
	#add sources
	sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rundeck.list
	 
	deb https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeck/any/ any main
	deb-src https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeck/any/ any mainCode language: PHP (php)

2. update apt

sudo apt update

3. Install rundeck

sudo apt install rundeck

4. Create rundeck database

sudo mysql -u root
	CREATE DATABASE rundeckdb;
	CREATE USER 'rundeck'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'STRONG PASSWORD';	
	GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'rundeck'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
	FLUSH PRIVILEGES;Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

5. Configure Rundeck

sudo vim /etc/rundeck/rundeck-config.properties
	
	grails.serverURL=http://YOUR-SERVER-IP:4440
	dataSource.driverClassName = org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver
	dataSource.url = jdbc:mysql://localhost/rundeckdb?autoReconnect=true&useSSL=false
	dataSource.username = rundeck
	dataSource.password = STRONG-PASSWORDCode language: PHP (php)

6. Enable Rundeck service

	sudo systemctl enable rundeckd.service 
	sudo systemctl start rundeckd.service 	
	sudo systemctl status rundeckd.service Code language: CSS (css)

7. Update admin password By editing /etc/rundeck/realm.properties

/etc/rundeck/realm.properties

Edit the line that looks like this and change the second “admin” to your new password.

admin:admin,user,admin,architect,deploy,buildCode language: CSS (css)

If you are running UFW make sure to allow port 4440

sudo ufw allow 4440