librenms-librenms/doc/Installation/Installation-Ubuntu-1604-Nginx.md

source: Installation/Installation-Ubuntu-1604-Nginx.md

NOTE: These instructions assume you are the root user. If you are not, prepend sudo to the shell commands (the ones that aren't at mysql> prompts) or temporarily become a user with root privileges with sudo -s or sudo -i.

Install Required Packages

apt install composer fping git graphviz imagemagick mariadb-client mariadb-server mtr-tiny nginx-full nmap php7.0-cli php7.0-curl php7.0-fpm php7.0-gd php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php7.0-snmp php7.0-xml php7.0-zip python-memcache python-mysqldb rrdtool snmp snmpd whois

Add librenms user

useradd librenms -d /opt/librenms -M -r
usermod -a -G librenms www-data

Install LibreNMS

cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/librenms/librenms.git librenms

DB Server

Configure MySQL

systemctl restart mysql
mysql -uroot -p

NOTE: Please change the 'password' below to something secure.

CREATE DATABASE librenms CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'librenms'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON librenms.* TO 'librenms'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

vim /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf

NOTE: Whilst we are working on ensuring LibreNMS is compatible with MySQL strict mode, for now, please disable this after mysql is installed.

Within the [mysqld] section please add:

innodb_file_per_table=1
sql-mode=""
lower_case_table_names=0

systemctl restart mysql

Web Server

Configure and Start PHP-FPM

Ensure date.timezone is set in php.ini to your preferred time zone. See http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php for a list of supported timezones. Valid examples are: "America/New_York", "Australia/Brisbane", "Etc/UTC".

vim /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini
vim /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini

phpenmod mcrypt
systemctl restart php7.0-fpm

Configure NGINX

vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/librenms.conf

Add the following config, edit server_name as required:

server {
 listen      80;
 server_name librenms.example.com;
 root        /opt/librenms/html;
 index       index.php;

 charset utf-8;
 gzip on;
 gzip_types text/css application/javascript text/javascript application/x-javascript image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon;
 location / {
  try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
 }
 location /api/v0 {
  try_files $uri $uri/ /api_v0.php?$query_string;
 }
 location ~ \.php {
  include fastcgi.conf;
  fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
  fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
 }
 location ~ /\.ht {
  deny all;
 }
}

rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
systemctl restart nginx

Configure snmpd

cp /opt/librenms/snmpd.conf.example /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
vim /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

Edit the text which says RANDOMSTRINGGOESHERE and set your own community string.

curl -o /usr/bin/distro https://raw.githubusercontent.com/librenms/librenms-agent/master/snmp/distro
chmod +x /usr/bin/distro
systemctl restart snmpd

Cron job

cp /opt/librenms/librenms.nonroot.cron /etc/cron.d/librenms

Copy logrotate config

LibreNMS keeps logs in /opt/librenms/logs. Over time these can become large and be rotated out. To rotate out the old logs you can use the provided logrotate config file:

cp /opt/librenms/misc/librenms.logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/librenms

Set permissions

chown -R librenms:librenms /opt/librenms
setfacl -d -m g::rwx /opt/librenms/rrd /opt/librenms/logs
setfacl -R -m g::rwx /opt/librenms/rrd /opt/librenms/logs

Web installer

Now head to the web installer and follow the on-screen instructions.

http://librenms.example.com/install.php

Final steps

That's it! You now should be able to log in to http://librenms.example.com/. Please note that we have not covered HTTPS setup in this example, so your LibreNMS install is not secure by default. Please do not expose it to the public Internet unless you have configured HTTPS and taken appropriate web server hardening steps.

Add the first device

We now suggest that you add localhost as your first device from within the WebUI.

Troubleshooting

If you ever have issues with your install, run validate.php as root in the librenms directory:

cd /opt/librenms
./validate.php

There are various options for getting help listed on the LibreNMS web site: https://www.librenms.org/#support

What next?

Now that you've installed LibreNMS, we'd suggest that you have a read of a few other docs to get you going:

• Performance tuning
• Alerting
• Device Groups
• Auto discovery

Closing

We hope you enjoy using LibreNMS. If you do, it would be great if you would consider opting into the stats system we have, please see this page on what it is and how to enable it.

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