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RPM packages are available for RHEL, Fedora, CentOS Stream, and Amazon Linux 2023. The package installs the gateway binary and systemd unit.

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PostgreSQL Setup

PostgreSQL not included. The RPM package installs only the gateway binary and systemd unit. You must provision a PostgreSQL 15+ instance separately before starting the service.

Generate a password first:

openssl rand -hex 16

Install PostgreSQL and create the database:

# 1. Install PostgreSQL 16
sudo dnf install -y postgresql16-server postgresql16

# 2. Initialise the data directory (required once after install)
sudo postgresql-16-setup --initdb

# 3. Start and enable the service
sudo systemctl enable --now postgresql-16
sudo systemctl status postgresql-16   # should show "active (running)"

# 4. Create the database user and database
sudo -u postgres psql <<'EOF'
CREATE USER mvgc_gateway WITH PASSWORD '<your-generated-password>';
CREATE DATABASE mvgc_gateway OWNER mvgc_gateway;
EOF

Your DATABASE_URL:

# Format: postgres://<user>[:<password>]@<host>[:<port>]/<database>?sslmode=<disable|require>
DATABASE_URL=postgres://mvgc_gateway:<your-generated-password>@localhost:5432/mvgc_gateway?sslmode=disable

See PostgreSQL Setup for Docker, cloud, and other options.

Installation

Pre-built .rpm packages are available on the GitHub Releases page for amd64 and arm64.

# Resolve and download the latest RPM for this architecture
ARCH=$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/')
RPM_URL=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/Axemere-LLC/mvgc-releases/releases/latest \
  | grep -oE "https://github.com/Axemere-LLC/mvgc-releases/releases/download/[^\"]+/mvgc-gateway_[0-9.]+_linux_${ARCH}\.rpm" | head -1)
curl -fsSL -o /tmp/mvgc-gateway.rpm "$RPM_URL"
sudo rpm -i /tmp/mvgc-gateway.rpm

The package installs the same file layout as the Debian package:

PathContents
/usr/bin/mvgc-gatewayBinary
/lib/systemd/system/mvgc-gateway.servicesystemd unit
/etc/default/mvgc-gatewayEnvironment file
/etc/mvgc/mvgc.yamlYAML config template
/etc/mvgc/policies/Policy files (bundle, add-ons)
/etc/mvgc/credentials/credentials.yamlCredential seed file
/etc/mvgc/workloads/workloads.yamlWorkload seed file
/var/lib/mvgc/Data directory (signing keys)
/var/log/mvgc/Log directory

Post-install Configuration

Edit /etc/mvgc/mvgc.yaml and set database.url and gateway.admin_token at minimum:

sudo nano /etc/mvgc/mvgc.yaml

database:
  # Format: postgres://<user>[:<password>]@<host>[:<port>]/<database>?sslmode=<disable|require>
  url: "postgres://mvgc_gateway:<your-generated-password>@localhost:5432/mvgc_gateway?sslmode=disable"

gateway:
  admin_token: "<your-admin-token>"

Alternatively, set environment variables in /etc/default/mvgc-gateway. Environment variables always take precedence over the YAML config file.

Start / Stop / Restart

sudo systemctl enable --now mvgc-gateway   # start and persist across reboots
sudo systemctl stop mvgc-gateway           # stop
sudo systemctl restart mvgc-gateway        # restart after a config change

Verify

curl http://localhost:7080/healthz

Trusting the CA Certificate

When using SSL MITM proxy mode, install the gateway's CA certificate into the RHEL/CentOS/Fedora system trust store:

curl http://localhost:7080/v1/proxy/ca.crt > mvgc-proxy-ca.crt
sudo cp mvgc-proxy-ca.crt /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/mvgc-proxy-ca.crt
sudo update-ca-trust

This makes all system tools (curl, wget, Python requests, Go HTTP clients) trust the gateway's CA certificate automatically.

Upgrading

ARCH=$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/')
RPM_URL=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/Axemere-LLC/mvgc-releases/releases/latest \
  | grep -oE "https://github.com/Axemere-LLC/mvgc-releases/releases/download/[^\"]+/mvgc-gateway_[0-9.]+_linux_${ARCH}\.rpm" | head -1)
curl -fsSL -o /tmp/mvgc-gateway.rpm "$RPM_URL"
sudo rpm -U /tmp/mvgc-gateway.rpm
sudo systemctl restart mvgc-gateway

Schema migrations run automatically on startup. Take a Postgres backup before upgrading. See the Upgrading section in the overview for details on schema migrations and downgrade.

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