Install GLPI on Fedora 26 Minimal

[black3dynamite]

GLPI is a free IT and Asset Management Software.

http://glpi-project.org/en/
https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi

sudo dnf -y install nano wget policycoreutils-python-utils git unzip httpd mariadb mariadb-server php php-mysqlnd php-gd php-mbstring php-ldap php-imap php-xml php-xmlrpc php-opcache php-pecl-apcu-bc

sudo systemctl enable httpd mariadb
sudo systemctl start httpd mariadb

CHANGE THE DEFAULT PASSWORD OF GLPIUSERPW AND SOMESECUREROOTPASSWORD TO SOMETHING PRIVATE

#Create a database and a user to access it.
sudo mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE glpidb;"
sudo mysql -e "CREATE USER 'glpiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'glpiuserpw';"
sudo mysql -e "GRANT ALL ON glpidb.* TO 'glpiuser'@'localhost';"
sudo mysql -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"

#Secure mariadb. These commands do what mysql_secure_installation does interactively
sudo mysql -e "UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('somesecurerootpassword') WHERE User='root';"
sudo mysql -e "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='root' AND Host NOT IN ('localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1');"
sudo mysql -e "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='';"
sudo mysql -e "DROP DATABASE test;"
sudo mysql -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"

Configure web server

sudo tee /etc/httpd/conf.d/glpi.example.com.conf <<EOF
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
      <Directory /var/www/html/glpi>
        Require all granted
        AllowOverride All
        Options +Indexes
      </Directory>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/glpi
    ServerName glpi.example.com
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/glpi.error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
EOF

Installing GLPI using Git

sudo git clone https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi.git /var/www/html/glpi
cd /var/www/html/glpi
sudo wget https://getcomposer.org/composer.phar
sudo php composer.phar install --no-dev
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/glpi

Configure SELinux permissions

sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/html/glpi(/.*)?'
sudo restorecon -R /var/www/html/glpi
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db on
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail on
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_connect_ldap on

Restart services and configure firewall

sudo systemctl restart httpd mariadb
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-service=http --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Now its time to configure GLPI from a web browser
http://glpi.example.com/ or http://ip-address/

By default you are provided with four accounts: glpi, post-only, tech and normal
glpi is the super-admin account

User name: glpi
Password: glpi

post-only is the self-service account

User name: post-only
Password: postonly

tech is the technician account

User name: tech
Password: tech

normal is the observer account

User name: normal
Password: normal

[mlnews]

Any screenshots of the final web interface?

[black3dynamite]

Login Screen
http://i.imgur.com/PWKsoYL.png

[black3dynamite]

Home Page for the glpi account
http://i.imgur.com/NerNVPY.png

[black3dynamite]

Home page for the post-only account
http://i.imgur.com/z6bWAwq.png

[JaredBusch]

@black3dynamite said in Install GLPI on Fedora 26 Minimal:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Create GLPI database

mysql -u root -p
create database glpidb;
create user glpiuser;
grant all on glpidb.* to 'glpiuser'@'localhost' identified by 'glpiuserpw';
flush privileges;
exit

Don't do it that way. It makes thing more prone to user error.

This is a better way to handle it with minimal user interaction on the command line.

Use big bold print (you can use a ### on a new line to make it a title/supersize) to tell the user to change these values from your default example. Like this:

Change the default password of glpiuserpw and somesecurerootpassword to something private

#Create a database and a user to access it.
mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE glpidb;"
mysql -e "CREATE USER 'glpiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'glpiuserpw';"
mysql -e "GRANT ALL ON glpidb.* TO 'glpiuser'@'localhost';"
mysql -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"

#Secure mariadb. These commands do what mysql_secure_installation does interactively
mysql -e "UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('somesecurerootpassword') WHERE User='root';"
mysql -e "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='root' AND Host NOT IN ('localhost', '127.0.0.1', '::1');"
mysql -e "DELETE FROM mysql.user WHERE User='';"
mysql -e "DROP DATABASE test;"
mysql -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"

[JaredBusch]

@black3dynamite said in Install GLPI on Fedora 26 Minimal:

You can manually download the tarball packages or use git (I preferred using git)
Using tarball packages

cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/releases/download/9.1.6/glpi-9.1.6.tgz
tar -zxvf glpi-9.1.6.tgz
sudo cp -rp glpi /var/www/html/glpi
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/glpi
cd /var/www/html/glpi

-OR-

Using git

sudo git clone https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi.git /var/www/html/glpi
cd /var/www/html/glpi
sudo wget https://getcomposer.org/composer.phar
sudo php composer.phar install --no-dev
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/glpi

Does GLPI provide an in application updater? If not, don't even provide instruction for something like a tarball when there is a git repository choice. Git can be updated simply but tarball downloads require users to interact too much and break things. Always.

If a user doesn't like git and is smart enough to think that deeply, they can find the alternate instructions on their own on the developer's website.

[Emad R]

@mlnews said in Install GLPI on Fedora 26 Minimal:

Any screenshots of the final web interface?

http://demo.glpi-project.org/

[black3dynamite]

Based on @JaredBusch comments, I've modified the instructions about installing glpi using git and setting up the database.
Thanks, @JaredBusch

[JaredBusch]

@black3dynamite said in Install GLPI on Fedora 26 Minimal:

Based on @JaredBusch comments, I've modified the instructions about installing glpi using git and setting up the database.
Thanks, @JaredBusch

Just a bit of experience talking after posting so many guides here.

[dafyre]

Does GLPI still do Helpdesk stuff too? We used it at my last job for a while, it wasn't terrible, but require d a little more clicking around, IIRC.

[DustinB3403]

@dafyre said in Install GLPI on Fedora 26 Minimal:

Does GLPI still do Helpdesk stuff too? We used it at my last job for a while, it wasn't terrible, but require d a little more clicking around, IIRC.

It appears to have a help desk built in.