Snipe IT is a powerful and robust IT asset management software. It allows users to manage and track their assets such as hardware, software, licenses, and warranties. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Snipe IT on Alpine Linux latest version.
Before installing Snipe IT, we have to update the system packages to their latest version. This ensures that we have an up-to-date version of all the necessary packages required for Snipe IT installation.
Run the following command to update the system.
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
Snipe IT requires several dependencies to work correctly. The following command will install all the necessary packages required for Snipe IT on Alpine Linux.
sudo apk add nginx mysql mysql-client php7 php7-fpm php7-mysqli php7-json php7-openssl php7-pdo_mysql php7-tokenizer php7-ctype php7-zlib php7-curl php7-fileinfo php7-gd php7-mbstring php7-session php7-opcache php7-zip php7-mcrypt php7-dom composer
Snipe IT uses MySQL as its database. We have to configure it before proceeding with Snipe IT installation.
Log in to the MySQL server using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password when prompted.
Create a new database for Snipe IT.
CREATE DATABASE snipeit;
Create a new user and grant privileges on the database.
CREATE USER 'snipeituser' IDENTIFIED BY 'newpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON snipeit.* TO 'snipeituser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit the MySQL prompt by typing:
exit
Clone the latest version of the Snipe IT repository from GitHub.
sudo git clone https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it.git /var/www/snipe-it
Change the ownership of the Snipe IT directory to the Nginx user.
sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/snipe-it
Switch to the cloned directory.
cd /var/www/snipe-it
Install dependencies using Composer.
sudo composer install --no-dev --prefer-source
Copy .env.example to .env.
sudo cp .env.example .env
Edit the .env file and add database credentials.
sudo nano .env
Set the following values to the corresponding database credentials.
DB_DATABASE=snipeit
DB_USERNAME=snipeituser
DB_PASSWORD=newpassword
Generate a new application key.
sudo php artisan key:generate --force
Run the database migrations.
sudo php artisan migrate --force
Create a new user.
sudo php artisan app:install
Create a new Nginx configuration file for Snipe IT.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/snipeit.conf
Add the following code to the file and save it.
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
root /var/www/snipe-it/public;
location / {
index index.php;
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Make sure to replace yourdomain.com with your domain name.
Restart Nginx.
sudo rc-service nginx restart
Open a web browser, and go to http://yourdomain.com, where yourdomain.com is your server's domain name. You will see the Snipe IT login page. Use the username and password you created in Step 4 to log in to the Snipe IT dashboard.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Snipe IT on Alpine Linux Latest. You can start exploring the Snipe IT dashboard and manage your IT assets.
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