Step 1 – Setup PostgreSQL server

Step 2 – Login to PostgreSQL server & create user/db & grant perm

Step 3 – Download PostgreSQL driver

cd /var/lib/rundeck/libext
sudo wget https://jdbc.postgresql.org/download/postgresql-42.7.3.jar
sudo chown rundeck:rundeck postgresql-42.7.3.jar

Step 4 – Make a changes in rundeck config

Database configuration

dataSource.dbCreate = update
dataSource.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/rundeckdb
dataSource.username = rundeckuser
dataSource.password = rundeckpass
dataSource.driverClassName = org.postgresql.Driver
dataSource.dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect

Step 5 – Start rundeck

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