OpenWISP is an open source network management system developed in Python. It allows network administrators to configure and manage networks with different topologies from a single centralized location. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install OpenWISP on OpenSUSE latest.
In order to install OpenWISP on OpenSUSE, you should have the following requirements:
OpenSUSE ships with both Python3 and pip3. To install them:
sudo zypper install python3 python3-pip
After installation, verify the versions of Python and pip by running:
python3 --version
pip3 --version
OpenWISP requires some external packages to function properly. They can be installed using the following command:
sudo zypper install libxml2 libxslt libxml2-devel libxslt-devel libffi-devel libjpeg-devel libpq-devel libyaml-devel openssl-devel
Clone the OpenWISP repository from Github using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-controller.git --recursive
This command will clone the OpenWISP repository to your system.
Now it's time to install OpenWISP dependencies:
cd openwisp-controller
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
This may take a few minutes, depending on your system configuration.
OpenWISP comes with default configuration files. You can copy them to your working directory by running the following commands:
cp openwisp/local_settings.py.example openwisp/local_settings.py
cp openwisp/urls.py.example openwisp/urls.py
Once OpenWISP is installed, you need to apply the database migrations.
python3 manage.py migrate
OpenWISP requires an administrative user to perform various management functions. Create a superuser account by running the following command:
python3 manage.py createsuperuser
Provide the required information such as username, email, and password to create the superuser account.
Finally, you can run OpenWISP using the following command:
python3 manage.py runserver
This will start the OpenWISP on the default port 8000. You can access OpenWISP by typing http://localhost:8000 in your browser.
You have successfully installed OpenWISP on your OpenSUSE system. We hope this guide was helpful to you, and you can start using OpenWISP to manage your networks.
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