Deploying Rundeck the Right Way

This is a complete, free walkthrough for deploying Rundeck on Rocky Linux 9 the way it should be done from the start — with MariaDB instead of the corruption-prone H2 database, Apache reverse proxy with SSL, Ansible integration, SELinux enforcing, and JVM tuning that won’t fall over after a week.

Every step includes verification commands so you know it worked before moving on. By the end, you’ll have a production-ready Rundeck instance that wraps your existing Ansible playbooks in a web UI with scheduling, access control, and full execution history.