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Install the Contrast service

Installation varies depending on your system:

  • Linux: Install the Contrast service with a system package manager.

  • Debian: Use the commands to install from the correct Debian repository.

    1. Get the CODENAME for your Ubuntu release.

      grep VERSION_CODENAME /etc/os-release

    2. Update the command below with the CODENAME, and run the commands.

      curl https://pkg.contrastsecurity.com/api/gpg/key/public | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://pkg.contrastsecurity.com/debian-public/ CODENAME contrast" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/contrastc.list

    3. Install the Contrast service:

      sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install contrast-service

    4. Configure the Contrast service.

  • Red Hat Package Manager (RPM): Use these commands to install from Contrast's yum repository.

    1. Configure your system to use the repository:

      OSREL=$(rpmquery -E "%{rhel}")
sudo -E tee /etc/yum.repos.d/contrast.repo << EOF
[contrast]
name=contrast repo
baseurl=https://pkg.contrastsecurity.com/rpm-public/centos-$OSREL/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
EOF

    2. Install the Contrast service:

      yum install contrast-service

    3. Configure the Contrast service.

Tip

To remove the contrast-service package, run apt-get remove contrast-service or yum remove contrast-service.

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