Ralph is an open-source asset management system designed to manage hardware assets, software licenses, accessories, components, and consumables. It provides a complete life-cycle management of hardware and software assets, and can help organizations move towards more efficient and effective asset management practices.
If you are running EndeavourOS Latest and would like to install Ralph, below are the steps you need to follow:
Before installing Ralph, you need to update your system to ensure you have the latest packages and dependencies. You can do this by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo pacman -Syu
Ralph requires PostgreSQL as the database server. You can install PostgreSQL by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S postgresql
Once installed, you need to enable and start the PostgreSQL service using the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
sudo systemctl start postgresql
To install Ralph, you need to first add the Ralph package repository to your system. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo pacman-key --recv-keys 817A3DAAFC45A1CF
sudo pacman-key --lsign 817A3DAAFC45A1CF
sudo pacman -Syyu
echo -e "[ralph]\nServer = https://download.ralph.app/stable/archlinux/2022" | sudo tee -a /etc/pacman.conf
Once you have added the package repository, you can install Ralph by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S ralph
To configure Ralph, you need to create a PostgreSQL database, user, and grant permissions to the user. You can do this by running the following commands:
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE DATABASE ralph;"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE USER ralph WITH PASSWORD '<your_password>';"
sudo -u postgres psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ralph TO ralph;"
Once you have created the database and user, you need to configure Ralph's settings by editing the /etc/ralph/settings.py file:
# PostgreSQL database settings
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'NAME': 'ralph',
'USER': 'ralph',
'PASSWORD': '<your_password>',
}
}
# Redis settings
REDIS_CONNECTION_PARAMS = {
'host': 'localhost',
'port': 6379,
'db': 0,
}
# Allowed hosts
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*'] # Change this to limit the allowed hosts
# Security settings
SECRET_KEY = '<your_secret_key>'
DEBUG = False
Make sure you replace <your_password> and <your_secret_key> with your own values. You can generate a secret key by running the following command:
python -c 'import random; print("".join([random.choice("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789!@#$%^&*(-_=+)") for i in range(50)]))'
To run Ralph, you need to start the Ralph service using the following command:
sudo systemctl start ralph
You can now access Ralph in your web browser by navigating to http://localhost:8000/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Ralph on EndeavourOS Latest.
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