In this tutorial, you will learn how to install OTOBO on Alpine Linux.
Before starting the installation of OTOBO, it is important to update your system to the latest version. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo apk update
sudo apk upgrade
Next, you need to install the packages required for installing OTOBO. This includes Apache web server, MariaDB database server, and Perl programming language.
sudo apk add apache2 mariadb mariadb-client mariadb-server perl
You can download the OTOBO package from the official website or you can use the following command to download the package using wget command:
wget https://download.otobo.de/otobo-10.2.8.tar.gz
After downloading the OTOBO package, extract it using the following command:
tar -xzf otobo-10.2.8.tar.gz
Before proceeding with the installation of OTOBO, you need to install the required Perl modules. Run the following command to install the required Perl modules:
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::CPAN'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install YAML'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install Template::Toolkit'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install MIME::Base64'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBD::mysql'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::LDAP'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install Net::LDAP::Express'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache::DBI'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install mod_perl2'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install Crypt::Eksblowfish::Bcrypt'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install CryptX'
sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'install DBD::Oracle'
After installing the required Perl modules, you can proceed with the installation of OTOBO. Go to the extracted OTOBO directory and run the following command:
sudo ./bin/otobo.Console.pl Maint::Installer::setup
After the installation of OTOBO is complete, you need to configure it by creating a configuration file.
sudo cp /opt/otobo/Kernel/Config.pm.dist /opt/otobo/Kernel/Config.pm
sudo nano /opt/otobo/Kernel/Config.pm
Update the following settings in the Config file:
$Self->{DatabaseUser} = 'otobo';
$Self->{DatabasePw} = 'password';
$Self->{Database} = 'otobo';
$Self->{DatabaseHost} = '127.0.0.1';
Save and close the file.
To start OTOBO, restart the Apache web server:
sudo service apache2 restart
After that, open a web browser and navigate to http://your_server_ip/otobo/. You should see the OTOBO login page.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install OTOBO on Alpine Linux. With OTOBO, you can easily manage your customer support requests and tickets.
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