Rudder

We indeed do not have a regular build for raspberry pi.

But it is possible to build the agent since some users did it.
Here is a non exhaustive procedure :
- git clone https://github.com/Normation/rudder-packages.git
- cd rudder-agent

For a local build :
- cd SOURCES && make && make install

For a debian package
- fakeroot debian/rules binary

Both may contain some difficulties as it is only recently that we took time to make it easier to build the package and this process is not finished.
If you find difficulties, don't hesitate to contact us here or on IRC at freenode/#rudder

We may also do it one day if some client ask for it.

I have built an agent on armhf debian jessie.
This should work on raspberry pi with recent raspbian (based on jessie), but is is not yet tested.

Tell me if you want to try it I can put it somewhere.

Hello guys,

thanks a lot for your updates.

@Vincent,

I didn't succeed with the procedure of Benoit.

@Benoit,

maybe you can share on a git repo your work and if it's possible to give me a process to build the ruddder-agent on raspberry. It would be great for me.

Thanks
Romu

Hi.

I am trying to get the rudder agent to work on a Pi as well, but with no luck. Did anyone else have success with that? If so, could you help point me to the process to successfully build the rudder-agent that Romu mentioned above?

Thanks.
Chris

Jonathan,

Thank you for your response. Yes - I did go through those steps - several times (on different Pis). Unfortunately they all seem to stop with the following:

Makefile.PL: The "xdefine" exists, skipping the configure step.
("/usr/src/rudder-packages/rudder-agent/SOURCES/perl-5.22.0/miniperl Makefile.PL --configure" to force the configure step)
Warning: No Makefile!
make³: Entering directory '/usr/src/rudder-packages/rudder-agent/SOURCES/perl-5.22.0/cpan/Time-HiRes'
make³: * No rule to make target 'all'. Stop.
make³: Leaving directory '/usr/src/rudder-packages/rudder-agent/SOURCES/perl-5.22.0/cpan/Time-HiRes'
make³: Entering directory '/usr/src/rudder-packages/rudder-agent/SOURCES/perl-5.22.0/cpan/Time-HiRes'
make³: No rule to make target 'all'. Stop.
make³: Leaving directory '/usr/src/rudder-packages/rudder-agent/SOURCES/perl-5.22.0/cpan/Time-HiRes'
Unsuccessful make(cpan/Time-HiRes): code=512 at make_ext.pl line 574.
makefile:587: recipe for target 'lib/auto/Time/HiRes/HiRes.so' failed
make²: [lib/auto/Time/HiRes/HiRes.so] Error 2
make²: Leaving directory '/usr/src/rudder-packages/rudder-agent/SOURCES/perl-5.22.0'
Makefile:422: recipe for target 'build-perl' failed
make¹: [build-perl] Error 2
make¹: Leaving directory '/usr/src/rudder-packages/rudder-agent/SOURCES'
debian/rules:50: recipe for target 'build' failed
make: ** [build] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2

What are your thoughts on how to get past this?

Thanks again for any help or pointing me in the right direction to figure it out.

Chris

Hello!

Was there perhaps an offline response to the previous entry? So fortunate I was able to find this site with folks having similar issues. I have numerous Pis deployed and need to manage them with my Rudder server. I have also gone through the steps from the link provided above to build the Rudder agent and got similar results as reported by the previous user.

When is the estimated time frame for a Raspbian/ARM testable package as mentioned above? What else can I do in the meantime to get the Rudder agent installed on my devices?

Chris - did you ever have any success?

Thanks,
John

Chris, is seems that there is a problem with building perl dependencies.
It looks like you have tried the build without using dpkg metod, if so could you try changing USE_SYSTEM_PERL between true and false ?
Otherwise, could you give me the command line you used ?

Anyway, for John and anyone interested here is a build that should work on raspberry pi http://www.rudder-project.org/temporary/rudder-agent_4.1.1_armhf.deb

This package work on raspberry pi v2 or more (armv7) and on armbian 4 (Debian jessie on raspberry pi).

If it doesn't work for you, please, let me know.

There's an aarch64 / arm v8 build: https://dtc.wartungsfenster.de/software/rudder-arm/rudder-agent_4.1.1-0_arm64.deb

Thanks!

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it would be easier for everyone if test builds were available before people don't need test builds anymore.
considering AWS has aarch64 available now, I don't need how much more mainstream it needs to become to warrant interest by you.

on the low end rudder is best suited for manangement of embedded stuff and it's hard to understand why it's not at least getting a day per year.