RackTables is an open-source software that helps in managing data center assets, such as servers and network devices. It provides a web-based interface to store, search and manage hardware and data centers assets. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install RackTables on MX Linux Latest.
Before you begin with the installation of RackTables on MX Linux, be sure to have the following:
RackTables is a web-based application that requires a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) to work correctly. In case you have not installed it, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql libapache2-mod-php
RackTables depends on some packages that are not installed by default on MXLinux. Install the required dependencies using the below command.
sudo apt-get install apache2 php-pear php-gd php-common php-mbstring php-curl php-mysql libapache2-mod-php libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache2-mod-python libapache2-mod-ruby libnet-ip-perl libnet-dns-perl libdbi-perl python python-mysqldb python-netaddr python-ldap python-yaml libyaml-perl libconfig-yaml-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl
Download the latest version of RackTables from the following link using the below command.
wget https://github.com/RackTables/racktables/archive/refs/tags/0.21.4.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded tar file using the command.
sudo tar xzf 0.21.4.tar.gz
Copy the RackTables directory to the Apache webserver document root using the below command.
sudo mv racktables-0.21.4 /var/www/html/racktables
Create a new MySQL database for RackTables, using the below command.
mysql -u root -p
> CREATE DATABASE racktablesdb;
> CREATE USER 'racktables'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON racktablesdb.* TO 'racktables'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> exit
Copy the default configuration file and make the necessary changes using the below commands.
cd /var/www/html/racktables/inc
sudo cp config-dist.php config.php
sudo nano config.php
Edit the following values in the configuration file.
define('RACKTABLES_INSTANCE_NAME', 'RackTables');
$pdo_dsn = 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=racktablesdb';
$db_username = 'racktables';
$db_password = 'password';
Set the appropriate permissions to the directories and files.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/racktables/
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/racktables/
Restart Apache and MySQL services for the new changes to take effect.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
sudo systemctl restart mysql
That's it! You have successfully installed and configured RackTables on MX Linux Latest. Now you can access the RackTables GUI by pointing your web browser to http://localhost/racktables.
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install RackTables on MXLinux Latest. RackTables is easy to install and use, and it helps you manage data center assets efficiently.
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