How to Install phpIPAM on Linux Mint Latest

phpIPAM is an open source web-based IP address management application, written in PHP. It allows network administrators to manage and track IP address space and related information. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation process of phpIPAM on Linux Mint Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing phpIPAM, you will need:

• A Linux server running Linux Mint Latest
• Apache web server installed and configured
• PHP 7.2 or later installed and configured
• MySQL database server installed and configured
• PHP extensions (pdo_mysql, mbstring, json, ldap) installed and enabled

Step 1: Download and Extract phpIPAM

The first step is to download the latest version of phpIPAM from the official website. You can download the latest stable release at:

https://github.com/phpipam/phpipam/releases/latest

Once you have downloaded the file, extract it using the following command:

$ tar xfz phpipam-X.XX.tar.gz

Replace "X.XX" with the version number you have downloaded.

Step 2: Configure the Database

phpIPAM requires a MySQL/MariaDB database to store its data. You need to create a new database and user with the following commands:

$ mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.

CREATE DATABASE phpipam;
CREATE USER 'phpipam'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON phpipam.* TO 'phpipam'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Remember to replace 'password' with a strong password for your phpipam user.

Next, you need to import the database schema into the newly created database with the following command:

$ mysql -u phpipam -p phpipam < /path/to/phpipam/db/SCHEMA.sql

Step 3: Configure Apache Web Server

phpIPAM is a web-based application, so you need to configure Apache to host it.

Create a new Apache virtual host file with the following command:

$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/phpipam.conf

Add the following lines:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/phpipam/

    <Directory /var/www/phpipam/>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/phpipam-error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/phpipam-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Enable the new virtual host with the following command:

$ sudo a2ensite phpipam.conf

Reload the Apache service for the changes to take effect:

$ sudo systemctl reload apache2

Step 4: Configure phpIPAM

Now, you need to configure phpIPAM to connect to the MySQL/MariaDB database.

Create a new configuration file with the following command:

$ sudo nano /var/www/phpipam/config.php

Add the following lines:

<?php

/* Database settings */
$database['host']   = 'localhost';
$database['user']   = 'phpipam';
$database['pass']   = 'password'; // REPLACE WITH YOUR PASSWORD
$database['name']   = 'phpipam';
$database['port']   = '3306';
$database['socket'] = '';

/* Main settings */
$phpcidr['transform'] = true; // calculate subnet mask according to number of hosts
$lang = "en"; // set your language en/de/ru/zh

?>

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Access phpIPAM

Open your web browser and go to:

http://your-server-ip/

You should see the phpIPAM login page. Enter the default username "admin" and the password "ipamadmin" to log in.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed phpIPAM on Linux Mint Latest.

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