--- title: Install Docent on openSUSE using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Docent for on openSUSE - Learn Ceph on your own PC by breaking and fixing a real cluster url: https://snapcraft.io/install/docent/opensuse --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Docent on **openSUSE** # Docent [Seyeong Kim (seyeongkim)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/seyeongkim "View all snaps from Seyeong Kim (seyeongkim)") * [Seyeong Kim (seyeongkim)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/seyeongkim "View all snaps from Seyeong Kim (seyeongkim)") [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/docent/opensuse#install) #### Learn Ceph on your own PC by breaking and fixing a real cluster Docent is a self-study lab for Ceph. It runs three LXD virtual machines on your computer, lets you install MicroCeph on them step by step, and shows what the cluster does as it happens. In fault diagnosis it breaks something real, checks your fix by itself, and explains the cause when you give up. **Install** ``` sudo snap install docent sudo bash /snap/docent/current/docent-install.sh ``` The setup script installs LXD (or uses the one you already have), connects Docent to it over HTTPS on 127.0.0.1, creates the three VMs while showing their progress, and prints the web address when they are ready (). The first run takes 5 to 10 minutes. **Use** * `docent`: print the web address * `sudo docent status`: web and VM status * `sudo docent watch`: watch VMs being created * `sudo docent destroy`, then `sudo docent create`: start over with new VMs * `sudo snap set docent vm-memory=3GiB vm-cpu=2`: size of the next VMs (without vm-cpu, each VM may use every CPU of the computer) * `sudo snap remove docent`: remove Docent, its VMs and their disks Where sudo does not look in /snap/bin (Arch, Fedora), type `sudo /snap/bin/docent` instead. **Needs** An x86\_64 Linux PC with virtualization turned on (/dev/kvm), 16GiB of memory (less works with smaller VMs) and about 30GiB of free disk. ### Package name * docent --- ### License * Apache-2.0 --- ### Last updated * Today - latest/edge --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/docent/opensuse#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on openSUSE and install Docent Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd Snap can be installed from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed. You need first add the *snappy* repository from the terminal. Choose the appropriate command depending on your installed openSUSE flavor. Tumbleweed: ``` sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed snappy ``` Leap 15.x: ``` sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy ``` If needed, Swap out `openSUSE_Leap_15.` for, `openSUSE_Leap_16.0` if you’re using a different version of openSUSE. With the repository added, import its GPG key: ``` sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh ``` Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new *snappy* repository: ``` sudo zypper dup --from snappy ``` Snap can now be installed with the following: ``` sudo zypper install snapd ``` You then need to either reboot, logout/login or `source /etc/profile` to have /snap/bin added to PATH. Additionally, enable and start both the *snapd* and the *snapd.apparmor* services with the following commands: ``` sudo systemctl enable --now snapd sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor ``` ### Install Docent To install Docent, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install docent --edge ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. [Back to top](https://snapcraft.io/install/docent/opensuse) © 2026 Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd. 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