Installing ASTPP on Alpine Linux

This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing ASTPP on Alpine Linux.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, you'll need to have the following:

• A working installation of Alpine Linux.
• Root access to the server.
• An internet connection.

Step 1: Update the System

The first step is to update your Alpine Linux system to make sure that all packages are up-to-date.

apk update && apk upgrade

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

Next, we need to install some dependencies that ASTPP requires.

apk add --no-cache python3 py3-dev libffi-dev py3-pip mysql-client mysql-dev gcc make musl-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev

Step 3: Install ASTPP

Now we can install ASTPP using pip3.

pip3 install astpp

Step 4: Configure ASTPP

After installation, we need to configure ASTPP by creating a configuration file. First, we will copy the sample configuration file to our local directory.

cp /opt/astpp/install/confs/astpp.conf.sample /etc/astpp/astpp.conf
cd /etc/astpp

Now, we need to edit the configuration file to match our requirements.

nano astpp.conf

You will need to change the following settings:

• db_host: The hostname of the MySQL server.
• db_name: The name of the MySQL database.
• db_user: The username to access MySQL.
• db_password: The password to access MySQL.
• secret_key: A random secret key used for encryption.
• customer_cdr_file_path: The path where customer CDR files are stored.
• vendor_cdr_file_path: The path where vendor CDR files are stored.
• install_dir: The installation directory of ASTPP.

Once you have made the necessary changes, save and exit the file.

Step 5: Start ASTPP

Now that we've installed and configured ASTPP, we can start the service.

astpp start

To verify that ASTPP is running, you can check its status:

astpp status

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have installed and configured ASTPP on Alpine Linux. You should now be able to access ASTPP by visiting its web interface in your web browser.

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