OPSI is open source software for managing clients and servers in a Windows and Linux environment. You can use it to manage software packages, hardware, and monitoring.
In this tutorial, we will cover the installation of OPSI on NixOS, version 21.05.
The first step in installing OPSI is to make sure that your system is up to date. Run the following command to update your system:
sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nixos-rebuild switch
To install OPSI, we need to install several packages. Use the following command to install them:
sudo nix-env -i openssl perl perlPackages.DBI perlPackages.DBD-mysql libmysqlclient libicu libicu-dev pyOpenSSL net-tools apachehttpd apachehttpd-mod_ssl ruby rubyGem-haml rubyGem-rack
Download the latest version of OPSI from the official website http://download.uib.de/opsi4.2.x/Opsi-Linux-Server/opsi-server_4.2.2-1_all.deb
using the following command:
wget http://download.uib.de/opsi4.2.x/Opsi-Linux-Server/opsi-server_4.2.2-1_all.deb
Now that we have downloaded the OPSI package, we can install it using the following command:
sudo dpkg -i opsi-server_4.2.2-1_all.deb
Edit the opsi.conf
file located at /etc/opsi/opsi.conf
and update the following lines with your own values:
[mysql]
mysqlServer = yourmysqlserver.domain.com
mysqlUser = yourmysqluser
mysqlPassword = yourmysqlpassword
mysqlDatabase = opsi
[fileService]
repositoryBase = /var/lib/opsi/repository
Start the OPSI services using the following command:
sudo /etc/init.d/opsi-admin-server start
sudo /etc/init.d/opsi-configed start
sudo /etc/init.d/opsi-depot-server start
OPSI is now installed and running with the default settings. You can access it through the following URL:
https://yourserver.domain.com/opsi/
OPSI is now installed and running on your NixOS system. You can use it to manage software packages, hardware, and monitoring in a Windows and Linux environment.
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