Installing on Ubuntu or Debian Linux distributions
Installing on Ubuntu or Debian Linux distributions
Installing Rundeck
Warning
Please refer to the System Requirements for the latest preparation recommendations.
sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jre-headless
Enterprise
Quick install with apt
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rundeck/packaging/main/scripts/deb-setup.sh 2> /dev/null | sudo bash -s rundeckpro
Manual install with apt
Import the repo signing key:
curl -fsSL https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeck/gpgkey | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/rundeck-key.asc && chown root:root /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/rundeck-key.asc && chmod 644 /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/rundeck-key.asc
Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rundeck.list
replacing existing entries:
deb https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeckpro/any/ any main
deb-src https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeckpro/any/ any main
Update apt cache and install:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rundeckpro-enterprise
Clean Install from deb repository when existing version is present
- First, Check for existing versions installed
dpkg --list | grep -i rundeckpro-enterprise
- Then, remove existing version to perform a clean install.
apt remove rundeckpro-enterprise
dpkg --purge rundeckpro-enterprise && apt install rundeckpro-enterprise
Install deb package directly
Download deb
package from the download page and run:
sudo dpkg -i rundeckpro-enterprise_5.10.0-20250312-1_all.deb
Community
Quick install with apt
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rundeck/packaging/main/scripts/deb-setup.sh 2> /dev/null | sudo bash -s rundeck
Manual install with apt
Import the repo signing key:
curl -L https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeck/gpgkey | sudo apt-key add -
Add the following to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rundeck.list
replacing existing entries:
deb https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeck/any/ any main
deb-src https://packages.rundeck.com/pagerduty/rundeck/any/ any main
Update apt cache and install:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rundeck
Install deb package directly
Download deb package from the download page and run:
sudo dpkg -i rundeck_5.10.0-20250312-1_all.deb
Starting Rundeck
To start Rundeck:
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo service rundeckd start
To verify that the service started correctly, tail the logs:
tail -f /var/log/rundeck/service.log
The service is ready once you see something similar to:
Grails application running at http://localhost:4440 in environment: production
Logging in for the first time
- Navigate to http://localhost:4440/ in a browser.
- Log in with the username admin and password admin
Rundeck is now up and running!
Next, learn how to create your first project