LibreNMS is a powerful and flexible network monitoring platform that provides real-time visibility into your network infrastructure. In this tutorial, we will walk you through step-by-step instructions on how to install LibreNMS on Clear Linux.
Before installing LibreNMS, you need to install the following packages:
sudo swupd bundle-add network-monitoring
sudo swupd bundle-add php-basic
sudo swupd bundle-add php-curl
sudo swupd bundle-add php-mbstring
sudo swupd bundle-add php-gd
sudo swupd bundle-add php-mysql
sudo swupd bundle-add php-xml
sudo systemctl enable --now php-fpm
sudo systemctl start php-fpm
In addition to the PHP packages, we also need to install the following PHP extensions:
sudo pecl channel-update pecl.php.net
sudo pecl install redis-5.3.2
sudo pecl install snmp
sudo systemctl restart php-fpm
LibreNMS requires a database to store data, and we'll use MariaDB for this purpose.
To install MariaDB, run the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add mariadb
Then, start and enable the MariaDB service:
sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb
Now, we need to configure the MariaDB root password:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Follow the on-screen prompts to set up the root password and other security settings.
After that, create a database and user for LibreNMS:
sudo mysql -u root -p
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE librenms CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON librenms.* TO 'librenms'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> exit;
Replace your_password with a strong password.
LibreNMS requires a web server to run, and we'll use Apache for this purpose.
To install Apache, run the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add apache
Then, start and enable the Apache service:
sudo systemctl enable --now apache
Now, create a new virtual host configuration for LibreNMS:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/librenms.conf
And add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /opt/librenms/html
ServerName your_server_hostname
# Custom Header
Header always set X-Frame-Options DENY
<Directory /opt/librenms/html>
AllowOverride all
Require all granted
Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
DirectoryIndex index.php
</Directory>
<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler "proxy:unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost"
</FilesMatch>
ErrorLog /var/log/librenms/error_log
CustomLog /var/log/librenms/access_log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace your_server_hostname with your server's hostname or IP address.
Next, create the log directory and set the correct permissions:
sudo mkdir -p /var/log/librenms
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/log/librenms
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/log/librenms
Now, we can download and install LibreNMS:
cd /opt
sudo git clone https://github.com/librenms/librenms.git
cd librenms
sudo ./scripts/composer_wrapper.php install --no-dev
sudo ./scripts/install.php
Follow the on-screen prompts to configure LibreNMS. When asked for the database details, use the following:
librenmsyour_passwordlibrenmslocalhostIf you're using SELinux, you'll need to set the correct context for the LibreNMS files:
sudo chcon -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /opt/librenms/rrd /opt/librenms/logs /var/log/librenms
sudo restorecon -R /opt/librenms/rrd /opt/librenms/logs /var/log/librenms
Finally, set up the LibreNMS cron jobs:
sudo cp /opt/librenms/librenms.nonroot.cron /etc/cron.d/librenms
sudo systemctl enable --now cronie
Congratulations! You have successfully installed LibreNMS on Clear Linux. You can now access LibreNMS via your web browser by visiting http://your_server_hostname.
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