OpenGTS is an open-source project for GPS tracking and fleet management. It allows users to track their vehicles in real-time, generate reports about fleet activity and automate tasks related to dispatching and scheduling.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OpenGTS on Clear Linux Latest. Let’s get started!
Before we start with the installation, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
A server running Clear Linux Latest
Root access to the server
Before installing OpenGTS on Clear Linux Latest, we need to install the following required dependencies:
sudo swupd bundle-add apache-dev php-dev mysql-dev
Next, let’s download OpenGTS from the official website by running the following command:
wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/opengts/server-base/OpenGTS_2.6.5.zip
This will download the OpenGTS package in a ZIP format to the current directory.
After we have downloaded the OpenGTS package, let’s extract it by running the following command:
unzip OpenGTS_2.6.5.zip
This will extract the OpenGTS package in a “OpenGTS_2.6.5” directory.
OpenGTS requires Tomcat to run, so let’s install it by running the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add tomcat
To deploy OpenGTS to Tomcat, we need to copy the “OpenGTS.war” file to the Tomcat webapps directory. Let’s do this by running the following commands:
cp OpenGTS_2.6.5/build/OpenGTS.war /var/lib/tomcat/webapps/
After we have deployed OpenGTS to Tomcat, let’s configure it by running the following commands:
sudo cp /var/lib/tomcat/webapps/OpenGTS.war /var/lib/tomcat/webapps/OpenGTS.zip
sudo unzip /var/lib/tomcat/webapps/OpenGTS.zip -d /var/lib/tomcat/webapps/OpenGTS
sudo chmod -R a+w /var/lib/tomcat/webapps/OpenGTS
Next, let’s create the OpenGTS database by running the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
After entering the MySQL user credentials, run the following commands to create the OpenGTS database:
CREATE DATABASE opengts;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON opengts.* TO 'opengts'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
Remember to replace “your_password” with a strong password.
After creating the OpenGTS database, let’s import the OpenGTS database schema by running the following command:
mysql -u opengts -p opengts < OpenGTS_2.6.5/db/dbOpenGTS.sql
Finally, let’s start Tomcat by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start tomcat
After completing all the above steps, you can access OpenGTS by navigating to http://your_server_ip/OpenGTS.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed OpenGTS on Clear Linux Latest. You can now start tracking your vehicles in real-time!
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