agola Installation Guide Installation Guide

agola is a free and open-source CI/CD system. Agola provides open source CI/CD system with advanced workflows

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 20GB for runs

Network: HTTP/Git access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 8000 (default agola port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install agola
sudo dnf install -y agola

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now agola

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
agola --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install agola
sudo apt install -y agola

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now agola

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 8000

# Verify installation
agola --version

bash

# Install agola
sudo pacman -S agola

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now agola

# Verify installation
agola --version

bash

# Install agola
apk add --no-cache agola

# Enable and start service
rc-update add agola default
rc-service agola start

# Verify installation
agola --version

bash

# Install agola
sudo zypper install -y agola

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now agola

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
agola --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install agola

# Start service
brew services start agola

# Verify installation
agola --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install agola

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'agola_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service agola start

# Verify installation
agola --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install agola

# Or using Scoop
scoop install agola

# Verify installation
agola --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/agola

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
agola --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable agola

# Start service
sudo systemctl start agola

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop agola

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart agola

# Check status
sudo systemctl status agola

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u agola -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add agola default

# Start service
rc-service agola start

# Stop service
rc-service agola stop

# Restart service
rc-service agola restart

# Check status
rc-service agola status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'agola_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service agola start

# Stop service
service agola stop

# Restart service
service agola restart

# Check status
service agola status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start agola
brew services stop agola
brew services restart agola

# Check status
brew services list | grep agola

powershell

# Start service
net start agola

# Stop service
net stop agola

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service agola
Stop-Service agola
Restart-Service agola

# Check status
Get-Service agola

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream agola_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:8000;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name agola.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name agola.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/agola.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/agola.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://agola_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName agola.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://agola.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName agola.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/agola.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/agola.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:8000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:8000/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend agola_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/agola.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend agola_backend

backend agola_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server agola1 127.0.0.1:8000 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R agola:agola /etc/agola
sudo chmod 750 /etc/agola

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status agola

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u agola -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep agola)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/agola"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/agola-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/agola /var/lib/agola

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/agola-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop agola

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/agola/agola-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start agola

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u agola -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/agola/agola.log

# Check configuration
agola --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/agola

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 8000

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 8000

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep agola)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep agola)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 8000

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  agola:
    image: agola:latest
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/agola
      - ./data:/var/lib/agola
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update agola

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade agola

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu agola

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade agola

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update agola

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade agola

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/agola-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/agola

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart agola

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/agola

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/agola -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/agola

Official Documentation: https://docs.agola.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/agola/agola

Community Forum: https://forum.agola.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.agola.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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