Installing the Flight Environment

The OpenFlight project packages tools as both RPMs and debs that are hosted in package repositories which can be quickly installed with a couple of commands.

Setting Up The Repository

EL7 EL8 EL9 Ubuntu 22.04

Install the OpenFlight release RPM:

sudo yum install https://repo.openflighthpc.org/pub/centos/7/openflighthpc-release-latest.noarch.rpm

Rebuild the yum cache:
```
sudo yum makecache
```
Most tools require packages available in the EPEL repository, installing it is recommended:
```
sudo yum install epel-release
```

Install the OpenFlight release RPM:

sudo dnf install https://repo.openflighthpc.org/openflight/centos/8/x86_64/openflighthpc-release-3-1.noarch.rpm

Add the Power Tools repository:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools

Most tools require packages available in the EPEL repository, installing it is recommended:
```
sudo dnf install epel-release
```
Finally, rebuild the dnf cache:
```
sudo dnf makecache
```

Install the OpenFlight release RPM:

sudo dnf install https://repo.openflighthpc.org/openflight/centos/9/x86_64/openflighthpc-release-3-1.noarch.rpm

Add the Code Ready Builder repository:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb

Most tools require packages available in the EPEL repository, installing it is recommended:
```
sudo dnf install epel-release
```
Finally, rebuild the dnf cache:
```
sudo dnf makecache
```

Import the public signature for OpenFlight:

sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys https://repo.openflighthpc.org/openflighthpc-archive-key.asc

Install the OpenFlight repository:

sudo apt-add-repository "deb https://repo.openflighthpc.org/openflight/ubuntu stable main"

Update the apt cache:
```
sudo apt-get update
```

Info

There are 3 repositories available - production (enabled by default), dev (providing development releases of tools) and vault (access to old, unsupported versions and retired tools).

Installing the Tools

Flight User Suite

The quickest and simplest way to get up and running with the user suite is to install the group package for the tools. This will ensure that compatible versions of all the tools are installed.

EL7 EL8/EL9 Ubuntu 22.04

Install the user suite group package
```
sudo yum install flight-user-suite
```

Install the user suite group package
```
sudo dnf install flight-user-suite
```

Install the user suite group package
```
sudo apt-get install flight-user-suite
```

Note

After installation, logout and back in again to expose the flight command to the shell

Flight Web Suite

Flight Web Suite consists of multiple packages so the simplest way to get going with it is to install the group package. Some elements of the Web Suite are dependent on tools in the User Suite and will pull those packages in if the User Suite is not already installed.

EL7 EL8/EL9 Ubuntu 22.04

Install the web suite group package
```
sudo yum install flight-web-suite
```

Install extra optional packages

sudo yum install python-websockify xorg-x11-apps netpbm-progs

Install the web suite group package
```
sudo dnf install flight-web-suite
```

Install extra optional packages

sudo dnf install python-websockify xorg-x11-apps netpbm-progs

Install the web suite group package
```
sudo apt-get install flight-web-suite
```

Install extra optional packages

sudo apt-get install netpbm x11-apps websockify

Flight Admin Tools

The Flight Admin Tools exist separately and can be installed by name from the repositories. The packages are:

flight-gather
flight-hunter
flight-profile
flight-pdsh

EL7 EL8/EL9 Ubuntu 22.04

Install the desired tool
```
sudo yum install PACKAGE
```

Install the admin tools
```
sudo dnf install PACKAGE
```

Install the admin tools
```
sudo apt-get install PACKAGE
```