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 11 (Bullseye)
    repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 bullseye main
    Debian 10 (Buster)
    repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 buster main
    Debian 9 (Stretch)
    repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 stretch 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
    Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)
    repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 groovy_gorilla main
    Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)
    repository source url: deb https://packages.redirection.io/deb/stable/2 hirsute 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 bullseye 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 8
    repository url: https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2/centos_8
    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 8
    repository url: https://packages.redirection.io/rpm/stable/2/centos_8
    config manager: yum-config-manager
    package manager: yum

  2. Import the signature key:

    sudo rpm --import https://packages.redirection.io/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 🎉

This page has been updated on September 22nd, 2021.
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