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Installation

Install Sextant 1.x and connect it to a Redis server.

Updated Overview Version v1.9

Sextant 1.x needs Redis 6 or later. The binary is the same on Linux and macOS.

Shell
curl -fsSL https://get.sextant.example/v1 | sh
sextant version
Text
sextant 1.9.4

Redis

Point Sextant at Redis in sextant.yaml:

sextant.yamlYAML
redis:
  url: redis://localhost:6379/0
  prefix: sextant

server:
  listen: 127.0.0.1:7420
  api_keys:
    - name: default
      key: ${SEXTANT_KEY}

Start

Shell
sextant start --config sextant.yaml

start runs the API, the scheduler and a worker in one process. For larger setups start extra workers with sextant start --worker-only.