How to install Inventree on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Inventree is an open-source inventory management system that allows you to manage your inventory in a more efficient way. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Inventree on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest.
• Administrative access to the instance.
• A stable internet connection.
• A web browser to access the Inventree web interface.

Step 1: Install Docker

Inventree requires Docker to be installed on the system to run. You can install Docker on Fedora CoreOS with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install docker

After installing Docker, start the Docker service and enable it to start at boot time by running the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl start docker
$ sudo systemctl enable docker

Step 2: Install Docker Compose

Docker Compose is a tool that allows you to define and run multi-container Docker applications. Inventree requires Docker Compose to be installed on the system to be deployed. You can install Docker Compose on Fedora CoreOS with the following command:

$ sudo dnf install docker-compose

Step 3: Download and Configure Inventree

Download the latest version of Inventree using the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/inventree/inventree.git

After downloading Inventree, navigate to the directory where it was downloaded and copy the docker-compose.yml.dist file to docker-compose.yml using the following commands:

$ cd inventree/
$ cp docker-compose.yml.dist docker-compose.yml

Open the docker-compose.yml file in a text editor and make changes to the following environment variables:

INVENTREE_DB_NAME: inventree
INVENTREE_DB_USER: inventree_user
INVENTREE_DB_PASSWORD: mypassword
INVENTREE_DB_HOST: db

OVERRIDE_EMAIL_HOST: smtp.gmail.com/cgi-bin/login
OVERRIDE_EMAIL_PORT: 587
OVERRIDE_EMAIL_USER: youremail@example.com
OVERRIDE_EMAIL_PASSWORD: yourpassword
OVERRIDE_EMAIL_USE_TLS: 'True'

INVENTREE_SECRET_KEY: yoursecretkey

Replace the INVENTREE_DB_PASSWORD and OVERRIDE_EMAIL_PASSWORD with your desired strong password. Also, replace the OVERRIDE_EMAIL_HOST, OVERRIDE_EMAIL_USER, and OVERRIDE_EMAIL_PASSWORD with your email server credentials. Finally, replace the INVENTREE_SECRET_KEY with your desired secret key.

Step 4: Deploy Inventree

Deploy Inventree using the following command:

$ sudo docker-compose up -d

This command will download the necessary containers and start them.

Step 5: Access Inventree

Once Inventree is deployed, you can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://<IP Address>:8000/.

You can log in with the default credentials:

• Username: admin
• Password: password

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Inventree on Fedora CoreOS Latest. Now you can use Inventree to manage your inventory more efficiently.

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