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

1. First, Check for existing versions installed

dpkg --list | grep -i rundeckpro-enterprise

2. 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

1. Navigate to http://localhost:4440/ in a browser.
2. Log in with the username admin and password admin

Rundeck is now up and running!

Next, learn how to create your first project