DevOps Linux

DevOps Engineering part 1. (Ubuntu) – Install the DevOps development tools on Ubuntu

By Laszlo Pinter

October 5, 2017 4 Min Read

DevOps Software installation on Ubuntu

There are multiple ways to install software on Ubuntu

Install a .deb package from the local drive with dpkg
Install the software from the internet with apt

Show hidden files

To be able to see hidden files in Files

Start Files,
In the Edit menu select Preferences,
On the Views tab check the Show hidden and backup files,
There is no Save or Ok button, just close the window to save the changes.

Text Editor

Atom

Download the .deb installer from https://atom.io/
Start the terminal by pressing CTRL-ALT-T
Navigate to the Downloads directory
```
cd ~/Downloads
```
Install Atom
```
sudo dpkg -i atom-amd64.deb
```
Add an icon to the desktop
1. Install the Gnome Panel, but do not install the unnecessary packages
```
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel
```
2. If the message is
  
  You might want to run ‘apt-get -f install’ to correct these:The following packages have unmet dependencies:…
  1. Execute
```
apt-get -f install
```
3. Create a new launcher on the desktop
```
gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop
```
4. Enter a name and command for the shortcut,
5. To select an icon, click the image in the upper left corner and select an icon, and click Open,
6. Unfortunately, Ubuntu does NOT update the icon in the window, click OK to save the shortcut.

To configure Atom see Atom text editor configuration

The preferences menu item in Linux is in the Edit menu of Atom.

Git

Open the Terminal window
Execute
```
sudo apt-get install git
```

Configure Git

To configure Git see Git configuration.

Chef Development Kit

Download the Chef Development Kit from https://downloads.chef.io/chef-dk/
Click the Download button next to your Ubuntu version, and select Save File,
Start the terminal by pressing CTRL-ALT-T
Navigate to the Downloads directory
```
cd ~/Downloads
```
Install the Chef DK. Set the name of the file below for the actual version.
```
sudo dpkg -i chefdk_CHEF_DK_VERSION-1_amd64.deb
```

Vagrant

Download Vagrant from https://www.vagrantup.com/ and follow the instructions to install it.
For safe version updates, see Keep multiple versions of applications on Macintosh

Important

The default credentials of a Vagrant server are:

UserName: vagrant
Password: vagrant

Terraform by Hashicorp

Create a version specific folder for the application. See Keep multiple versions of applications on Macintosh

Terraform Installation

Download Terraform from https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html
Click the Linux 64-bit link, and select Save File,
Open the Downloads folder in Files,
Right-click the downloaded ZIP file and select Extract Here to extract the application
Create a version specific directory, terraform_x.x.x for the Terraform application in the /opt/terraform folder
Move the Terraform application into the version specific directory

Add Terraform to the path

In the terminal window execute
```
gedit ~/.profile
```
Add this line to the end of the file
```
PATH="/opt/terraform:$PATH"
```

AWS CLI

The Amazon Web Services command line interface installation will set up your workstation to launch instances in AWS from Test Kitchen. If you know you will work with AWS, see DevOps Engineering part 3. – Working with AWS for the AWS CLI installation.

Packer

We use Packer to create custom AWS AMIs that contain the fundamental configuration and applications that are common in every instance we launch.

Install Packer

Create a version specific folder for the application. See Keep multiple versions of applications on Macintosh
Download and install the darwin_amd64 distribution of packer from https://www.packer.io/docs/installation.html
For safe version updates, see Keep multiple versions of applications on Macintosh

Add the Packer installation directory to the system path

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