In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing LibreNMS on the Alpine Linux latest version.
Before we get started, ensure that you have the following:
First, update the system before installing any software. Run the following command to update the package repository:
apk update
LibreNMS requires several packages to be installed. Therefore, we need to install these packages on our system. Run the following command to install them:
apk add -U apache2 apache2-utils mariadb mariadb-client php7 php7-apache2 php7-simplexml php7-ctype php7-dom php7-gd php7-iconv php7-json php7-ldap php7-mbstring php7-mysqli php7-pgsql php7-tokenizer php7-xmlwriter php7-zip php7-zlib snmp net-snmp net-snmp-tools
Start the required services using the following commands:
rc-update add apache2
rc-update add mariadb
rc-service apache2 start
rc-service mariadb start
Set the MySQL root password by running the following commands:
mysql_secure_installation
This process will ask you to set a new root password, which you'll use to access the MySQL database in future.
Download the latest version of LibreNMS using the following command:
wget http://www.librenms.org/packages/alpine/librenms-21.5.1.tgz
Extract the downloaded file using the following command:
tar xvzf librenms-21.5.1.tgz
Move the extracted files to the Apache document root /var/www/ by running the following command:
mv librenms /var/www/
LibreNMS uses the Apache webserver to serve its web-based user interface. We need to create a virtual host for LibreNMS. Run the following command to create a virtual host in the Apache configuration file:
echo 'Listen 8080
<VirtualHost *:8080>
DocumentRoot /var/www/librenms/html/
ServerName librenms.example.com
<Directory "/var/www/librenms/html/">
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/librenms-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/librenms-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>' > /etc/apache2/conf.d/librenms.conf
Restart the Apache webserver for the changes to take effect using the following command:
rc-service apache2 restart
Change your working directory to /var/www/librenms using the following command:
cd /var/www/librenms/
Make a copy of the configuration file and edit it using the following command:
cp config.php.default ./config.php
nano config.php
Configure the database settings in the configuration file by modifying the following lines:
$config['db_host'] = 'localhost';
$config['db_user'] = 'root';
$config['db_pass'] = 'password';
$config['db_name'] = 'librenms';
Replace 'password' with the root password you set in Step 4.
Navigate to /var/www/librenms/ directory and run the installation script using the following command:
./scripts/install.sh -n
This command will install LibreNMS and its dependencies.
Now you can access the LibreNMS web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://server_ip_address:8080.
You will be able to log in to the dashboard using the default login credentials:
Once logged in, change the default password for added security.
You have successfully installed LibreNMS on Alpine Linux latest version. You can now monitor network devices, servers, and applications using LibreNMS.
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