Skip to main content

Install Sauce Connect on Linux

Debian/Ubuntu

Sauce Connect provides .deb package with Systemd service for Sauce Connect run command. Other commands are available as well, but you will need to start them manually.

Install package

curl -L -o sauce-connect.deb https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sauce-connect/5.1.3/sauce-connect_5.1.3.linux_arm64.deb
sudo dpkg -i sauce-connect.deb

Edit config file

sudo vim /etc/sauce-connect/sauce-connect.yaml

Enable and start Sauce Connect service

sudo systemctl enable sauce-connect
sudo systemctl start sauce-connect

Check Sauce Connect Status

sudo systemctl status sauce-connect

Access logs

journalctl -u sauce-connect

RedHat/CentOS/Fedora

Sauce Connect provides .rpm package with Systemd service for Sauce Connect run command. Other commands are available as well, but you will need to start them manually.

Install package

sudo rpm -i https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sauce-connect/5.1.3/sauce-connect-5.1.3_linux.aarch64.rpm

Edit config file

sudo vim /etc/sauce-connect/sauce-connect.yaml

Enable and start Sauce Connect service

sudo systemctl enable sauce-connect
sudo systemctl start sauce-connect

Check Sauce Connect Status

sudo systemctl status sauce-connect

Access logs

journalctl -u sauce-connect

Generic

Unpack the tarball

curl -L -o sauce-connect.tar.gz https://saucelabs.com/downloads/sauce-connect/5.1.3/sauce-connect-5.1.3_linux.aarch64.tar.gz
sudo mkdir -p /opt/sauce-connect
sudo tar -C /opt/sauce-connect -xzf sauce-connect.tar.gz
sudo ln -s /opt/sauce-connect/sc /usr/local/bin/sc

Add bash completion

echo 'source <(sc completion bash)' >>~/.bash_profile

Edit config file

This step is optional. You can use default configuration or configure Sauce Connect with flags or environment variables. See CLI reference for more details.

vim /opt/sauce-connect/sauce-connect.yaml

Start Sauce Connect

sc run --config-file /opt/sauce-connect/sauce-connect.yaml