OCS Inventory NG is a free and open-source inventory and asset management system. It allows you to collect information about hardware, software, and network devices on your network. This tutorial will guide you on how to install OCS Inventory NG on MXLinux Latest.
First, you need to install LAMP (Apache, MySQL, and PHP) on your MXLinux system. You can install LAMP by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql
After the installation is complete, start the Apache and MySQL services:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl start mysql
You can verify if Apache and MySQL are running by accessing the Apache default page from your web browser at http://localhost/ and by logging in to MySQL as the root user with the following command:
sudo mysql -u root
wget https://github.com/OCSInventory-NG/OCSInventory-ocsreports/releases/download/2.7/OCSNG_UNIX_SERVER_2.7.tar.gz
tar xzf OCSNG_UNIX_SERVER_2.7.tar.gz
cd OCSNG_UNIX_SERVER_2.7
sudo apt install libapache2-mod-perl2 libxml-simple-perl libcompress-zlib-perl libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libapache-dbi-perl libnet-ip-perl libsoap-lite-perl libio-compress-perl libnet-snmp-perl libapache-session-perl libapache2-mod-php libxml-simple-perl libnet-ip-perl libauthen-radius-perl libfile-mimeinfo-perl libdigest-md5-perl libnet-ldap-perl libjson-perl libyaml-perl libcrypt-des-perl libapache-db-perl libyaml-tiny-perl libtext-diff-perl libregexp-common-perl libproc-daemon-perl make build-essential
sudo sh setup.sh
Follow the installation steps and configure the database details and other settings. You can choose the default settings for most of the options.
After the installation is complete, restart the Apache service:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
You can access OCS Inventory NG by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost/ocsreports.
You will be prompted to log in with the default admin credentials:
You should change the default password after logging in.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed OCS Inventory NG on MXLinux Latest. You can now start using OCS Inventory NG to manage your inventory and assets.
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