Snipe IT is a free and open source IT asset management tool. It allows you to track your company's inventory of hardware, software, licenses, and accessories. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Snipe IT on Elementary OS Latest.
Before installing Snipe IT, make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
Snipe IT requires a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack to run. To install the LAMP stack on Elementary OS Latest, run the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
During the installation, you will be prompted to set a root password for MySQL. Enter a secure password and remember it for later.
Once the installation is complete, start both Apache and MySQL services and enable them to start automatically on boot:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo systemctl enable mysql
Snipe IT requires specific PHP extensions to be installed. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install php-mbstring php-xml php-curl php-gd php-zip
Download the latest version of Snipe IT from the official website:
wget https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it/releases/download/v5.3.0/snipeit-5.3.0.zip
Next, extract the downloaded archive to the Apache document root directory:
sudo unzip snipeit-5.3.0.zip -d /var/www/html/
Next, edit the .env file in the Snipe IT directory:
sudo nano /var/www/html/snipeit-5.3.0/.env
Find the following lines in the file:
DB_DATABASE=snipeit
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret
Replace them with the following:
DB_DATABASE=snipeit
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=<your_mysql_root_password>
Save and close the file.
Set Apache as the owner of the Snipe IT directory:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/snipeit-5.3.0/
Set the permissions on the storage and bootstrap/cache directories:
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/snipeit-5.3.0/storage
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/snipeit-5.3.0/bootstrap/cache
Create a virtual host configuration file for Snipe IT:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/snipeit.conf
Paste the following configuration into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_domain_name_or_IP_address
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/snipeit-5.3.0/public
<Directory /var/www/html/snipeit-5.3.0/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Enable the virtual host:
sudo a2ensite snipeit.conf
Restart Apache:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open a web browser and visit the address you set for your virtual host in Step 6. You will be redirected to the Snipe IT installation page. Follow the installation wizard and provide the required information.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Snipe IT on Elementary OS Latest. You can now start using it to manage your company's IT assets.
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