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Installation

There are several approaches to install Siren CLI

  1. Using a pre-compiled binary
  2. Installing with package manager
  3. Installing from source
  4. Using the Docker image
  5. Using the Helm Chart

Binary (Cross-platform)​

Download the appropriate version for your platform from releases page. Once downloaded, the binary can be run from anywhere. You don’t need to install it into a global location. This works well for shared hosts and other systems where you don’t have a privileged account. Ideally, you should install it somewhere in your PATH for easy use. /usr/local/bin is the most probable location.

macOS​

siren is available via a Homebrew Tap, and as downloadable binary from the releases page:

brew install goto/tap/siren

To upgrade to the latest version:

brew upgrade siren

Check for installed siren version

siren version

Linux​

siren is available as downloadable binaries from the releases page. Download the .deb or .rpm from the releases page and install with sudo dpkg -i and sudo rpm -i respectively.

Windows​

siren is available via scoop, and as a downloadable binary from the releases page:

scoop bucket add siren https://github.com/goto/scoop-bucket.git

To upgrade to the latest version:

scoop update siren

Building from source​

Prerequisites​

Siren requires the following dependencies:

  • Golang (version 1.21 or above)
  • Git

Build​

Run either of the following commands to clone and compile Siren from source

git clone git@github.com:goto/siren.git  (Using SSH Protocol) Or
git clone https://github.com/goto/siren.git (Using HTTPS Protocol)

Install all the golang dependencies

make setup

Build siren binary file

make build

Init server config. Customise with your local configurations.

make config

Run database migrations

$ siren server migrate -c config.yaml

Start siren server

$ siren server start -c config.yaml

Initialize client configurations

$ siren config init

Use the Docker image​

We provide ready to use Docker container images. To pull the latest image:

docker pull gotocompany/siren:latest

To pull a specific version:

docker pull gotocompany/siren:v0.5.1

Use the Helm chart​

Siren can be installed in Kubernetes using the Helm chart from https://github.com/goto/charts.

Ensure that the following requirements are met:

  • Kubernetes 1.14+
  • Helm version 3.x is installed

Add gotocompany chart repository to Helm:

helm repo add gotocompany https://goto.github.io/charts/

You can update the chart repository by running:

helm repo update

And install it with the helm command line:

helm install my-release gotocompany/siren

Verifying the installation​​

To verify if Siren is properly installed, run siren --help on your system. You should see help output. If you are executing it from the command line, make sure it is on your PATH or you may get an error about Siren not being found.

$ siren --help

Dockerized dependencies​

You will notice there is a docker-compose.yaml file contains all dependencies that you need to bootstrap Siren. Inside, it has postgresql as a main storage, cortex ruler and cortex alertmanager as monitoring provider, and minio as a backend storage for cortex.