Generic .deb based Linux

Running OliveTin as a systemd service on a Linux machine means it can use any program installed on your machine (you don’t have to add programs to a container). This is generally easier to use than a container, but containers can work just fine too with a bit more effort.

There are .deb packages published for OliveTin on each release page. If you distribution is not linked in this installation guide, and you use a .deb based Linux distribution, this package should work.

downloads page.

You can install these packages for .deb like this;

user@host: wget https://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin/releases/latest/download/OliveTin_linux_amd64.deb
user@host: dpkg -i OliveTin_linux_amd64.deb

Post installation

You will need to write a basic configuration file before OliveTin will startup.

Create the following basic config file at /etc/OliveTin/config.yaml with the following contents;

The most simple config.yaml file.

actions:
  - title: "Hello world!"
    shell: echo 'Hello World!'

Now that you have a configuration file, and OliveTin is installed, start it;

Start the service (only needed once)

user@host: systemctl enable --now OliveTin

If you are running a firewall on your server, like firewalld, you will need to open port 1337;

user@host: firewall-cmd --add-port 1337/tcp --permanent
user@host: firewall-cmd --reload

You should be able to browse to http://yourserver:1337 (or similar) to get to the web interface.

If you see the OliveTin page popup in your browser, you are good to go! Here are some helpful next steps;

Create your first action
configuration section for a list of all configuration options.

Troubleshooting systemd installations

If you are having problems, you can check if OliveTin is running like this;

user@host: systemctl status OliveTin

If the service has failed, scroll through the logs;

user@host: journalctl -eu OliveTin

If you cannot understand the logs, or otherwise need help, see the [support] page.