How to Install OCS Inventory NG on OpenBSD

OCS Inventory NG is an open-source inventory and asset tracking system that enables users to manage their IT resources. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation process of OCS Inventory NG on an OpenBSD machine.

Prerequisites

1. OpenBSD machine running a current version of the operating system.
2. Root access to the machine.
3. Internet connection.

Step 1: Install Apache

Firstly, we need to install Apache on our OpenBSD machine. Apache is a web server that will serve the OCS Inventory NG web application.

Run the following command to install Apache:

# pkg_add -i apache-httpd

Once the installation process is complete, start and enable the Apache service using the following command:

# rcctl enable apache2
# rcctl start apache2

Step 2: Install PHP

Next, we need to install PHP on our OpenBSD machine. PHP is a programming language that will enable Apache to execute the OCS Inventory NG web application.

Run the following command to install PHP:

# pkg_add -i php

Once the installation process is complete, start and enable the PHP service using the following command:

# rcctl enable php_fpm
# rcctl start php_fpm

Step 3: Install MySQL

Now, we need to install MySQL on our OpenBSD machine. MySQL is a relational database management system that will store the OCS Inventory NG data.

Run the following command to install MySQL:

# pkg_add -i mysql-server

Once the installation process is complete, start and enable the MySQL service using the following command:

# rcctl enable mysqld
# rcctl start mysqld

Step 4: Create MySQL Database and User

We need to create a MySQL database and user for our OCS Inventory NG installation.

1. Log in to your MySQL server as the root user.

# mysql -u root -p

2. Create a MySQL database named ocsinventory_ng.

mysql> CREATE DATABASE ocsinventory_ng;

3. Create a MySQL user named ocsuser and assign a password to it.

mysql> CREATE USER 'ocsuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ocspassword';

4. Grant all the permissions to the ocsinventory_ng database to the ocsuser.

mysql> GRANT ALL ON ocsinventory_ng.* TO 'ocsuser'@'localhost';

5. Flush the privileges.

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 5: Install OCS Inventory NG

We are now ready to install OCS Inventory NG on our OpenBSD machine.

1. Go to the OCS Inventory NG download page and download the latest stable release.

2. Extract the downloaded file.

# tar -zxvf OCSNG_UNIX_SERVER-x.x.x.tar.gz

3. Change to the extracted directory.

# cd OCSNG_UNIX_SERVER-x.x.x

4. Run the setup file.

# perl setup.pl

5. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure OCS Inventory NG. During the configuration process, you will be asked to enter the database details that we created in Step 4.

Step 6: Start OCS Inventory NG

Once the installation process is complete, start and enable the OCS Inventory NG service using the following command:

# rcctl enable ocsinventoryng
# rcctl start ocsinventoryng

Conclusion

You have successfully installed OCS Inventory NG on your OpenBSD machine. You can now access the OCS Inventory NG web application by opening a web browser and entering the URL http://your_ip_address/ocsreports.

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