How to Install RackTables on Elementary OS Latest

RackTables is an open-source datacenter asset management system that helps to store data about servers, network equipment, and any other assets that could be located in datacenters or other facilities. In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through the process of installing RackTables on Elementary OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin with the installation of RackTables, ensure that you meet the following requirements:

• You have a running instance of Elementary OS Latest
• You have root access to the server
• You have a LAMP stack installed on your Elementary OS system
• You have a web browser

Step 1: Download RackTables

The first step is to download RackTables onto your Elementary OS system. You can either download the latest version of RackTables from the official website or clone the master branch of RackTables from GitHub.

To download RackTables from the official website, run the following command in your terminal:

$ wget https://github.com/RackTables/racktables/archive/refs/tags/v0.21.5.tar.gz

To clone RackTables from GitHub, you will need to install git. To install git, run the following command in your terminal:

$ sudo apt-get install git

Then, clone the master branch of RackTables by running the following command in your terminal:

$ git clone https://github.com/RackTables/racktables.git

Step 2: Install Required PHP Modules

RackTables requires several PHP modules to be installed on your Elementary OS system. These include:

• PDO
• pdo_mysql
• mcrypt
• mbstring
• gettext
• bcmath
• gd
• fileinfo

You can install all these PHP modules and PHP itself by running the following command in your terminal:

$ sudo apt-get install php php-pdo php-mysql php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-gettext php-bcmath php-gd php-fileinfo php-cli

Step 3: Create a New Database

Now that you have downloaded RackTables onto your Elementary OS system and installed the required PHP modules, the next step is to create a new database for RackTables. You can create a new database in MySQL by running the following command in your terminal:

$ mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL password when prompted and then run the following commands:

mysql> CREATE DATABASE racktables;
mysql> GRANT ALL ON racktables.* TO rackuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit;

Replace 'PASSWORD' with your own password for the rackuser.

Step 4: Configure RackTables

The final step is to configure RackTables. To do this, navigate to the RackTables directory that you downloaded/extracted earlier in your terminal:

$ cd /path/to/racktables

Next, rename the configuration file by running the following command:

$ mv inc/secret-dist.php inc/secret.php

Then, open the edited configuration file (inc/secret.php) in your favorite text editor and change the following lines:

$db_ruser = 'rackuser';
$db_rpass = 'PASSWORD';
$db_name = 'racktables';

Replace 'PASSWORD' with the password you set for the rackuser MySQL user in step 3.

Step 5: Install RackTables

The final step in the installation process is to use your web browser to navigate to http://localhost/racktables/wwwroot/install.php. This will start the RackTables installer that will guide you through the rest of the installation process.

Once you have completed the installation process, you can access RackTables by navigating to http://localhost/racktables/index.php.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed RackTables on your Elementary OS Latest machine.

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