OpenWISP (Wireless ISP) is an open-source networking management system that provides a web interface for configuring, monitoring and managing a network of devices. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install OpenWISP on Manjaro.
Ensure your system is up-to-date before installing OpenWISP by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
OpenWISP is built using the Django framework, which means you need to have Python and some extra packages installed.
To install Python and related packages, run the following command:
sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-virtualenv
It's best practice to create a virtual environment to avoid possible conflicts with other python packages that can disrupt OpenWISP functionality.
To create a virtual environment, run the following command:
virtualenv openwisp-env
Activate the virtual environment by running the following command:
source openwisp-env/bin/activate
Now that your virtual environment is active, install OpenWISP by running the following command:
pip install openwisp
After installing OpenWISP, run a migration to create the database schema. Run the following command:
openwisp migrate
Create a superuser account that would allow you to access the admin interface of OpenWISP by running this command:
openwisp createsuperuser
Finally, run the OpenWISP server by running the following command:
openwisp runserver
Your OpenWISP network management system will now be up and running on Manjaro.
In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install OpenWISP on Manjaro by installing Python and extra packages, creating and activating a virtual environment, installing OpenWISP, running migration, creating a superuser and finally running OpenWISP.
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