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Alternatives

Defines how Bifröst reaches alternatives of itself.

For example if itself runs currently runs on AMD64 architecture, but needs for a target system an ARM64 instance. Or if the host is Windows, but the target is Linux.

Especially if a containerized environment (like Docker environment) is used, some features requires a supporting process that runs directly inside the container to enable all features. Such as tcp portforward from the context of the container or SSH Agent forward.

Properties

downloadUrl

URL Alternative Binary = 

"https://github.com/engity-com/bifroest/releases/download/v{{.version}}/bifroest-{{.os}}-{{.arch}}-{{.edition}}{{.packageExt}}"

URL where to download the alternative version of Bifröst. Usually we simply will get this from the GitHub Releases of Bifröst.

location

File Path Alternative Binary = "<os specific>"

Location to store the downloaded alternative version of Bifröst at.

A file that already exists, will not be downloaded again.

The default value is different, depending on the platform Bifröst runs on:

  • Linux: /var/lib/engity/bifroest/binaries/{{.version}}/{{.os}}-{{.arch}}-{{.edition}}{{.ext}}
  • Window: C:\ProgramData\Engity\Bifroest\binaries\{{.version}}\{{.os}}-{{.arch}}-{{.edition}}{{.ext}}