{"id":13347,"date":"2019-04-01T21:47:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T21:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=13347"},"modified":"2019-04-01T21:47:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T21:47:43","slug":"how-to-install-snipe-it-it-asset-management-on-centos-and-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/04\/01\/how-to-install-snipe-it-it-asset-management-on-centos-and-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Snipe-IT (IT Asset Management) on CentOS and Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Snipe-IT<\/strong>\u00a0is a free and open source, cross-platform, feature-rich IT asset management system built using a PHP framework called\u00a0Laravel<\/strong>. It is web-based software, which enables IT administrators in medium to large enterprises to track physical assets, software licenses, accessories and consumables in a single place.<\/p>\n

Check out a live, up-to-date version of Snipe-IT Asset Management Tool:\u00a0https:\/\/snipeitapp.com\/demo<\/a><\/p>\n

Snipe-IT Features:<\/h4>\n
    \n
  1. It is a cross-platform \u2013 works on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.<\/li>\n
  2. It is mobile-friendly for easy asset updates.<\/li>\n
  3. Easily Integrates with\u00a0Active Directory and LDAP<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  4. Slack notification integration for checkin\/checkout.<\/li>\n
  5. Supports one-click (or cron) backups and automated backups.<\/li>\n
  6. Supports optional\u00a0two-factor authentication with Google authenticator<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Supports generation of custom reports.<\/li>\n
  8. Supports custom status labels.<\/li>\n
  9. Supports bulk user actions and user role management for different levels of access.<\/li>\n
  10. Supports several languages for easy localization and so much more.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In this article, I will explain how to install a IT asset management system called\u00a0Snipe-IT<\/strong>\u00a0using a\u00a0LAMP<\/strong>\u00a0(Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP) stack on\u00a0CentOS<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Debian<\/strong>\u00a0based systems.<\/p>\n

    Step 1: Install LAMP Stack<\/h3>\n

    1.<\/strong>\u00a0First update the system (meaning update the list of packages that needs to be upgraded and add new packages that have entered in repositories enabled on the system).<\/p>\n

    $ sudo apt update        [On Debian\/Ubuntu<\/strong>]\r\n$ sudo yum update        [On CentOS\/RHEL<\/strong>] \r\n<\/pre>\n
    2.<\/strong>\u00a0Once system has been updated, now you can install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP) stack with all needed PHP modules as shown.<\/p>\n
    Install LAMP on Debian\/Ubuntu<\/h4>\n
    $ sudo apt install apache2 apache2-utils libapache2-mod-php mariadb-server mariadb-client php php-pdo php-mbstring php-tokenizer php-curl php-mysql php-ldap php-zip php-fileinfo php-gd php-dom php-mcrypt \r\n<\/pre>\n
    Install LAMP on CentOS\/RHEL<\/h4>\n
    3.<\/strong>\u00a0Snipe-IT requires PHP greater than 5.5.9 and PHP 5.5 has reached end of life, so to have PHP 5.6, you need to enable the Remi repository as shown.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo rpm -Uvh http:\/\/rpms.remirepo.net\/enterprise\/remi-release-7.rpm\r\n$ sudo yum -y install yum-utils\r\n$ sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php56\r\n<\/pre>\n
    4.<\/strong>\u00a0Next, install PHP 5.6 on CentOS 7 with the required modules needed by Snipe-IT.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo yum install httpd mariadb mariadb-server php php-openssl php-pdo php-mbstring php-tokenizer php-curl php-mysql php-ldap php-zip php-fileinfo php-gd php-dom php-mcrypt\r\n<\/pre>\n
    5.<\/strong>\u00a0After the LAMP stack installation completes, start the web server for the mean time, and enable it to start on the next system boot with the following command.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo systemctl start enable status apache2       [On Debian\/Ubuntu<\/strong>]\r\n$ sudo systemctl start enable status httpd         [On CentOS\/RHEL<\/strong>]\r\n<\/pre>\n
    6.<\/strong>\u00a0Next verify Apache and PHP installation and all its current configurations from a web browser, let\u2019s create a\u00a0info.php<\/code>\u00a0file in the Apache DocumentRoot (\/var\/www\/html<\/strong>) using the following command.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo echo \"<?php  phpinfo(); ?>\" | sudo tee -a \/var\/www\/html\/info.php\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Now open a web browser and navigate to following URL\u2019s to verify Apache and PHP configuration.<\/p>\n
    http:\/\/SERVER_IP\/\r\nhttp:\/\/SERVER_IP\/info.php \r\n<\/pre>\n
    7.<\/strong>\u00a0Next, you need to secure and harden your MySQL installation using the following command.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo mysql_secure_installation     \r\n<\/pre>\n
    You will be asked you to set a strong root password for your MariaDB and answer\u00a0Y<\/code>\u00a0to all of the other questions asked (self explanatory).<\/p>\n
    8.<\/strong>\u00a0Finally start MySQL server and enable it to start at the next system boot.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo systemctl start mariadb            \r\nOR\r\n$ sudo systemctl start mysql\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Step 2: Create Snipe-IT Database on MySQL<\/h3>\n
    9.<\/strong>\u00a0Now log in to the MariaDB shell and create a database for Snipe-IT, a database user and set a suitable password for the user as follows.<\/p>\n
    $ mysql -u root -p\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Provide the password for the MariaDB root user.<\/p>\n
    MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE snipeit_db;\r\nMariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'tecmint'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 't&cmint@190root';\r\nMariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON snipeit_db.* TO 'tecmint'@'localhost';\r\nMariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nMariaDB [(none)]> exit\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Step 3: Install Composer \u2013 PHP Manager<\/h3>\n
    10.<\/strong>\u00a0Now you need to install\u00a0Composer<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 a dependency manager for PHP, with the commands below.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo curl -sS https:\/\/getcomposer.org\/installer | php\r\n$ sudo mv composer.phar \/usr\/local\/bin\/composer\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Step 4: Install Snipe-IT Asset Management<\/h3>\n
    11.<\/strong>\u00a0First install Git to fetch and clone the latest version of\u00a0Snipe-IT<\/strong>\u00a0under Apache web-root directory.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo apt -y install git      [On Debian\/Ubuntu<\/strong>]\r\n$ sudo yum -y install git      [On CentOS\/RHEL<\/strong>]\r\n\r\n$ cd  \/var\/www\/\r\n$ sudo git clone https:\/\/github.com\/snipe\/snipe-it.git\r\n<\/pre>\n
    12.<\/strong>\u00a0Now go into the\u00a0snipe-it<\/strong>\u00a0directory and rename the\u00a0.env.example<\/strong>\u00a0file to\u00a0.env<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
    $ cd snipe-it\r\n$ ls\r\n$ sudo mv .env.example .env\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Step 5: Configure Snipe-IT Asset Management<\/h3>\n
    13.<\/strong>\u00a0Next, configure the snipe-it environment, here you\u2019ll provide the database connection settings and many more.<\/p>\n
    First open the\u00a0.env<\/strong>\u00a0file.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo vi .env\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Then Find and change the following variables according to instructions given.<\/p>\n
    APP_TIMEZONE=Africa\/Kampala                                   #Change it according to your country\r\nAPP_URL=http:\/\/10.42.0.1\/setup                                #set your domain name or IP address\r\nAPP_KEY=base64:BrS7khCxSY7282C1uvoqiotUq1e8+TEt\/IQqlh9V+6M=   #set your app key\r\nDB_HOST=localhost                                             #set it to localhost\r\nDB_DATABASE=snipeit_db                                        #set the database name\r\nDB_USERNAME=tecmint                                           #set the database username\r\nDB_PASSWORD=password                                          #set the database user password\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Save and close the file.<\/p>\n
    14.<\/strong>\u00a0Now you need to set the appropriate permissions on certain directories as follows.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo chmod -R 755 storage \r\n$ sudo chmod -R 755 public\/uploads\r\n$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data storage public\/uploads   [On Debian\/Ubuntu<\/strong>]\r\nsudo chown -R apache:apache storage public\/uploads         [On CentOS\/RHEL<\/strong>]\r\n<\/pre>\n
    15.<\/strong>\u00a0Next, install all the dependencies required by PHP using Composer dependency manager as follows.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo composer install --no-dev \u2013prefer-source\r\n<\/pre>\n
    16.<\/strong>\u00a0Now you can generate the \u201cAPP_KEY<\/strong>\u201d value with the following command (this will be set automatically in the\u00a0.env<\/strong>\u00a0file).<\/p>\n
    $ sudo php artisan key:generate\r\n<\/pre>\n
    17.<\/strong>\u00a0Now, you need to create a virtual host file on the web server for Snipe-IT.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo vi \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/snipeit.example.com.conf     [On Debian\/Ubuntu<\/strong>]\r\n$ sudo vi \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/snipeit.example.com.conf                [On CentOS\/RHEL<\/strong>]\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Then add\/modify the line below in your Apache config file (use your server IP address here).<\/p>\n
    <VirtualHost 10.42.0.1:80>\r\n    ServerName snipeit.tecmint.lan\r\n    DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/snipe-it\/public\r\n    <Directory \/var\/www\/snipe-it\/public>\r\n        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews\r\n        AllowOverride All\r\n        Order allow,deny\r\n        allow from all\r\n    <\/Directory>\r\n<\/VirtualHost>\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Save and close the file.<\/p>\n
    18.<\/strong>\u00a0On Debian\/Ubuntu, you need to enable virtual host, mod_rewrite and mcrypt using the following commands.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo a2ensite snipeit.conf\r\n$ sudo a2enmod rewrite\r\n$ sudo php5enmod mcrypt\r\n<\/pre>\n
    19.<\/strong>\u00a0Lastly, restart Apache web server to take new changes into effect.<\/p>\n
    $ sudo systemctl restart apache2       [On Debian\/Ubuntu<\/strong>]\r\n$ sudo systemctl restart httpd         [On CentOS\/RHEL<\/strong>]\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Step 6: Snipe-IT Web Installation<\/h3>\n
    20.<\/strong>\u00a0Now open your web browser and enter the URL:\u00a0http:\/\/SERVER_IP<\/strong>\u00a0to view the Snipe-IT web installation interface.<\/p>\n
    First you will see the Pre-Flight Check page below, click Next:\u00a0Create Database Tables<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
    \n
    \"Snipe-IT<\/a><\/p>\n
    Snipe-IT Pre Flight Check<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    21.<\/strong>\u00a0You will now see all the tables created, click\u00a0Next: Create User<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
    \n
    \"Create<\/a><\/p>\n
    Create Snipe-IT User<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    22.<\/strong>\u00a0Here, provide all the admin user information and click\u00a0Next: Save User<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
    \n
    \"Snipe-IT<\/a><\/p>\n
    Snipe-IT User Information<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    23.<\/strong>\u00a0Finally open the login page using the URL\u00a0http:\/\/SERVER_IP\/login<\/strong>\u00a0as shown below and login to view the Snipe-IT dashboard.<\/p>\n
    \n
    \"Snipe-IT<\/a><\/p>\n
    Snipe-IT Login<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    \n
    \"Snipe-IT<\/a><\/p>\n
    Snipe-IT Dashboard<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Snipe-IT Homepage<\/strong>:\u00a0https:\/\/snipeitapp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n
    In this article, we discussed how to setup Snipe-IT with LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) stack on CentOS and Debian based systems. If any issues, do share with us using our comment form below.<\/p>\n
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