RackTables is an open-source web-based software application that helps to manage data centers and server rooms. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of RackTables on Linux Mint Latest.
Before starting with the installation, you need to make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your Linux Mint system:
If you don't have these packages installed, you can install them using the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server
The first step is to download RackTables from the official website. You can also download it using the following command in the terminal:
wget https://github.com/RackTables/racktables/archive/refs/tags/0.21.2.zip
This will download the latest version of RackTables in the form of a zip file.
Once the download is complete, unzip the downloaded file using the following command:
unzip 0.21.2.zip
This will extract RackTables into a new directory named racktables-0.21.2.
Now, move the extracted RackTables directory to the /var/www/html/ directory:
sudo mv racktables-0.21.2 /var/www/html/
This will move the extracted RackTables directory to the Apache document root directory.
The next step is to create a database for RackTables. You can create a new database and user with the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This will open the MySQL shell. Now, create a new database, user and grant privileges with the below commands:
CREATE DATABASE racktables;
CREATE USER 'rackuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON racktables.* TO 'rackuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
You can replace the rackuser and password with your desired username and password.
Now, go to the /var/www/html/racktables-0.21.2/inc/ directory and copy the config-dist.php file to config.php
cd /var/www/html/racktables-0.21.2/inc/
sudo cp config-dist.php config.php
Open the config.php file with your text editor and update the following parameters accordingly:
$db_conn = 'localhost';
$db_user = 'rackuser';
$db_pass = 'password';
$db_name = 'racktables';
Replace the db_user, db_pass and db_name parameters with the database credentials you created in the previous step.
Now, create a new Apache VirtualHost configuration file for RackTables using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/racktables.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/racktables-0.21.2/wwwroot/html/
ServerName your_domain.com
<Directory /var/www/html/racktables-0.21.2/wwwroot/html/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/racktables_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/racktables_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace the ServerAdmin and ServerName parameters with your own domain name and email address. Save and close the file.
Now, enable the newly created VirtualHost configuration by using the following command:
sudo a2ensite racktables.conf
Finally, restart the Apache web server with the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and go to the following URL:
http://your_domain.com/install.php
Replace your_domain.com with your actual domain name. You should see the RackTables installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
That's it! You have successfully installed RackTables on Linux Mint Latest. RackTables is now ready to be used for managing your data centers and server rooms.
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