TL;DR; Fast track

This short documentation page will guide you through the steps required to get redirection.io work on your own infrastructure. If you use Cloudflare, you may also read our Cloudflare Workers integration help, which is even more straightforward.

Debian and apt-based distributions¶

If you use a Debian-like Linux distribution and want the easy way of trying / installing redirection.io, please use the following commands:

1. Select your distribution

   In the next steps, please use the right values, depending on your distribution version:

   Debian 9 (Stretch)

   repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 stretch main

   Debian 10 (Buster)

   repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 buster main

   Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus)

   repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 xenial main

   Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

   repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 bionic main

   Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)

   repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 cosmic main

   Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo)

   repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 disco main

   Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine)

   repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 eoan main

   Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

   repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 focal main

2. Install the apt-transport-https package:

   sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
   

3. Import our apt repository key:

   wget -q -O - https://packages.redirection.io/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add - 
   

4. Add our Debian repository urls:

   echo "deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 any main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/packages_redirection_io_deb.list
   echo "deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 stretch main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/packages_redirection_io_deb.list

5. Update the apt cache and install redirection.io's agent and nginx-module:

   sudo apt update && sudo apt install redirectionio-agent libnginx-mod-redirectionio
   

6. reload nginx

   sudo systemctl reload nginx
   

You're done! redirection.io is installed, up and running. You can go on with redirection.io's nginx configuration and should see some logs within minutes 🎉

Red Hat and rpm-based distributions¶

If you use a Red Hat/CentOS-like Linux distribution and want the easy way of trying / installing redirection.io, please use the following commands:

1. Select your distribution

   In the next steps, please use the right values, depending on your distribution version:

   Centos 7

   repository url: https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2/centos_7

   config manager: yum-config-manager

   package manager: yum

   Centos 6

   repository url: https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2/centos_6

   config manager: yum-config-manager

   package manager: yum

   RHEL 7

   repository url: https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2/centos_7

   config manager: yum-config-manager

   package manager: yum

   RHEL 6

   repository url: https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2/centos_6

   config manager: yum-config-manager

   package manager: yum

2. Import the signature key:

   wget -qO- https://packages.redirection.io/gpg.key -O /tmp/redirectionio-gpg.key && sudo rpm --import /tmp/redirectionio-gpg.key && rm /tmp/redirectionio-gpg.key
   

3. Add our RPM repositories:

   sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2/any
   sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2/centos_7

4. Install redirection.io's agent and nginx module:

   sudo yum install redirectionio-agent
   sudo yum install libnginx-mod-redirectionio

5. reload the nginx service, for instance:

   sudo systemctl reload nginx
   

You're done! redirection.io is installed, up and running. You can go on with redirection.io's nginx configuration and should see some logs within minutes 🎉