Install Forwarder on Linux #
Debian/Ubuntu #
Forwarder provides .deb package with Systemd service for
forwarder run command.
Other commands are available as well, but you will need to start them manually.
Install package #
curl -L -o forwarder.deb https://github.com/saucelabs/forwarder/releases/download/v1.2.1/forwarder_1.2.1.linux_arm64.deb
sudo dpkg -i forwarder.deb
curl -L -o forwarder.deb https://github.com/saucelabs/forwarder/releases/download/v1.2.1/forwarder_1.2.1.linux_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i forwarder.deb
Edit config file #
sudo vim /etc/forwarder/forwarder.yaml
Enable and start Forwarder service #
sudo systemctl enable forwarder
sudo systemctl start forwarder
Check Forwarder status #
sudo systemctl status forwarder
RedHat/CentOS/Fedora #
Forwarder provides .rpm package with Systemd service for
forwarder run command.
Other commands are available as well, but you will need to start them manually.
Install package #
sudo rpm -i https://github.com/saucelabs/forwarder/releases/download/v1.2.1/forwarder-1.2.1_linux.aarch64.rpm
sudo rpm -i https://github.com/saucelabs/forwarder/releases/download/v1.2.1/forwarder-1.2.1_linux.x86_64.rpm
Edit config file #
sudo vim /etc/forwarder/forwarder.yaml
Enable and start Forwarder service #
sudo systemctl enable forwarder
sudo systemctl start forwarder
Check Forwarder status #
sudo systemctl status forwarder
Generic #
Forwarder provides .tar.gz package with a statically linked binary that can be used on any modern Linux distribution.
Unpack the tarball #
curl -L -o forwarder.tar.gz https://github.com/saucelabs/forwarder/releases/download/v1.2.1/forwarder-1.2.1_linux.aarch64.tar.gz
sudo mkdir -p /opt/forwarder
sudo tar -C /opt/forwarder -xzf forwarder.tar.gz
curl -L -o forwarder.tar.gz https://github.com/saucelabs/forwarder/releases/download/v1.2.1/forwarder-1.2.1_linux.x86_64.tar.gz
sudo mkdir -p /opt/forwarder
sudo tar -C /opt/forwarder -xzf forwarder.tar.gz
Link the binary #
sudo ln -s /opt/forwarder/forwarder /usr/local/bin/forwarder
Add bash completion #
echo 'source <(forwarder completion bash)' >>~/.bash_profile
sudo mkdir -p /etc/bash_completion.d
sudo ln -s /opt/forwarder/completions/forwarder.bash /etc/bash_completion.d/forwarder
Edit config file #
This step is optional. You can use default configuration or configure Forwarder with flags or environment variables. See CLI reference for more details.
vim /opt/forwarder/forwarder.yaml
Start Forwarder #
forwarder run --config-file /opt/forwarder/forwarder.yaml