Snipe IT is a popular open-source IT asset management tool. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Snipe IT on a NetBSD machine step-by-step.
Before starting, make sure your NetBSD system meets the following requirements:
The first step is to install several packages required by Snipe IT. Run the following command to install them:
sudo pkgin install -y php71 php71-pdo_mysql php71-curl php71-gd mysql-server-5 php71-mysqli composer
This command will install:
Now, we need to create a database for Snipe IT. Run the following commands to create a new database and user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password to start the MySQL shell.
CREATE DATABASE snipeit;
CREATE USER 'snipeituser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON snipeit.* TO 'snipeituser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT
Replace StrongPassword with a strong password for the snipeituser.
Next, change to the web server document root directory and download Snipe IT using the following command:
cd /var/www/htdocs/
sudo git clone https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it.git
Change the ownership and permission of the Snipe IT directory to the web server user:
sudo chown -R www:www snipe-it
sudo chmod -R 775 snipe-it
Next, install the required PHP packages using composer:
cd snipe-it
sudo composer install --no-dev --prefer-source
Once the installation is complete, create a new .env file:
cp .env.example .env
Open the .env file using a text editor and update the following settings:
APP_ENV=production
APP_URL=http://localhost
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=snipeit
DB_USERNAME=snipeituser
DB_PASSWORD=StrongPassword
In this step, we'll configure the web server to serve Snipe IT.
For Apache, create a new Virtual Host configuration file:
sudo nano /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/conf/snipeit.conf
Add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName snipeit.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs/snipe-it/public
<Directory /var/www/htdocs/snipe-it/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/snipeit_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/snipeit_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace snipeit.example.com with your domain name.
For Nginx, create a new server block configuration file:
sudo nano /usr/pkg/etc/nginx/conf.d/snipeit.conf
Add the following content to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name snipeit.example.com;
root /var/www/htdocs/snipe-it/public;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
error_log /var/log/nginx/snipeit_error.log;
access_log /var/log/nginx/snipeit_access.log;
}
Replace snipeit.example.com with your domain name.
Finally, start and enable the web server and MySQL server services:
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl enable mysqld
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl start mysqld
After completing all the steps, you can now access Snipe IT web interface by entering your server IP or domain name in a web browser followed by /public. For example, http://snipeit.example.com/public/.
We've successfully installed Snipe IT on a NetBSD server. You can now manage your IT assets using Snipe IT. In case of any issues, you can refer to the official documentation of Snipe IT: https://snipe-it.readme.io/docs.
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