OpenWISP is a powerful network management system that enables network administrators to monitor, configure, and deploy network equipment remotely. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of downloading, installing, and configuring OpenWISP on Void Linux.
To install OpenWISP on Void Linux, you must have the following prerequisites:
To install OpenWISP, you need several dependencies. Here, we will install these dependencies using the xbps-install command:
sudo xbps-install -Su
sudo xbps-install -y git python3-pip python3-devel openssl-devel libffi-devel gcc
You can download OpenWISP by cloning its repository from GitHub using the command below:
git clone https://github.com/openwisp/openwisp-controller.git
It is always better to run OpenWISP on a virtual environment, so let's create one using venv:
python3 -m venv openwisp-venv
Move into the OpenWISP repository and activate the previously created virtual environment using:
cd openwisp-controller
source ../openwisp-venv/bin/activate
After activating the virtual environment, install OpenWISP using the setup.py file:
python3 setup.py install
To configure OpenWISP, create a configuration file using:
python3 manage.py initconfig
You will be prompted to answer certain questions to configure OpenWISP.
After configuring OpenWISP, migrate its database by executing the following command:
python3 manage.py migrate
Finally, create an admin account for OpenWISP by executing:
python3 manage.py createsuperuser
Congratulations! You have successfully installed OpenWISP on Void Linux. You can now start using the web interface at http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/ and start configuring your network.
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