rConfig is a network management tool that allows you to manage and configure your network devices using a web interface. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install rConfig on Fedora CoreOS.
Before we can install rConfig, we need to install some dependencies. Open a terminal window and enter the following command:
sudo dnf install -y httpd mariadb-server php php-common php-mbstring php-gd php-xmlrpc php-mysqlnd php-xml php-json
This command will install Apache web server, MySQL database, and PHP along with some PHP modules required by rConfig.
Next, we need to download and install rConfig. Open your web browser and navigate to the rConfig homepage at http://www.rconfig.com/. Click on the "Download" button and save the file to your system.
Once the download is complete, open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where the file was saved. Run the following command to extract the archive:
tar -xzf rconfig-<version>.tar.gz
Replace <version> with the actual version number of rConfig that you downloaded.
Move the extracted directory to the root of your web server document root:
sudo mv rconfig-<version> /var/www/html/rconfig
From the extracted directory, execute the following script to set the correct file permissions:
cd /var/www/html/rconfig
sudo chmod a+w ./includes/config.php
sudo chmod a+w ./logs
sudo chmod a+w ./upload
sudo chmod a+w ./tabdata
sudo chmod a+w ./web-config/config.php
We need to create a MySQL database and user for rConfig. Run the following commands to log in to MySQL and create a new database and user:
sudo mysql
create database rconfig;
create user 'rconfig'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
grant all privileges on rconfig.* to 'rconfig'@'localhost';
flush privileges;
exit;
Replace "password" with a strong password of your choice.
We need to configure rConfig to use our new MySQL database. Edit the configuration file:
sudo nano /var/www/html/rconfig/includes/config.php
Set the following parameters:
$dbuser = "rconfig"; // MySQL Username
$dbpass = "password"; // MySQL Password
$dbname = "rconfig"; // MySQL Database Name
Save and close the file.
We need to start the Apache and MySQL services. Run the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/rconfig/. You should see the rConfig login page. Use the default username and password:
Once you have logged in, you can start managing your network devices using rConfig.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install and configure rConfig on Fedora CoreOS. With rConfig, you can manage and configure your network devices using a web interface, making it easy to manage your network from anywhere.
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