Ralph is an open-source IT asset management system used in data centers and IT departments to manage hardware assets, software licenses, and network devices. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Ralph on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before you start with the installation, make sure that you have met the following prerequisites:
Follow the below-given steps to install Ralph on OpenSUSE Latest:
Execute the following command to install the required packages on OpenSUSE Latest.
sudo zypper install python3-devel postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-devel libxml2 libxml2-devel libxslt libxslt-devel git gcc
Once the packages are installed, start and enable the PostgreSQL service using the below-given commands.
sudo systemctl start postgresql
sudo systemctl enable postgresql
Execute the following commands to create a new PostgreSQL database and user for Ralph.
sudo su - postgres
psql
CREATE DATABASE ralph;
CREATE USER ralphuser WITH PASSWORD 'mypassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ralph TO ralphuser;
\q
exit
Clone Ralph repository using the Git command.
git clone https://github.com/allegro/ralph.git
cd ralph
Install all required Ralph dependencies using pip command.
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
Copy the settings/local.sample.py file to settings/local.py and edit it using the below-given command.
cp settings/local.sample.py settings/local.py
nano settings/local.py
Update the PostgreSQL database name, user credentials, and host information, as shown in the below-given configuration.
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
'NAME': 'ralph',
'USER': 'ralphuser',
'PASSWORD': 'mypassword',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
}
}
Now, execute the migration command to initialize Ralph's database schema.
python3 manage.py migrate
Create a superuser for Ralph using the below-given command.
python3 manage.py createsuperuser
Finally, execute the following command to run Ralph on the server.
python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
Open your web browser and access Ralph's web interface using the URL http://<your-server-IP>:8000. Login with the previously created superuser credentials to access Ralph's dashboard.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Ralph on OpenSUSE Latest. Now, you can use Ralph to manage your IT assets efficiently.
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