librenms-librenms/doc/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.

DB Server

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

Install / Configure MySQL

apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
mysql -uroot -p

CREATE DATABASE librenms;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON librenms.*
  TO 'librenms'@'localhost'
  IDENTIFIED BY '<password>'
;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

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

Within the [mysqld] section please add:

innodb_file_per_table=1
sql-mode=""

service mysql restart

Web Server

Install / Configure Nginx

apt-get install php7.0-cli php7.0-mysql php7.0-gd php7.0-snmp php-pear php7.0-curl php7.0-fpm snmp graphviz php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-json nginx-full fping imagemagick whois mtr-tiny nmap python-mysqldb snmpd php-net-ipv4 php-net-ipv6 rrdtool git

In /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini and /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini, ensure date.timezone is set 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".

service php7.0-fpm restart
phpenmod mcrypt

Add librenms user

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

Clone repo

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

Web interface

cd /opt/librenms
mkdir rrd logs
chmod 775 rrd
vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/librenms.conf

Add the following config:

server {
 listen      80;
 server_name librenms.example.com;
 root        /opt/librenms/html;
 index       index.php;
 access_log  /opt/librenms/logs/access_log;
 error_log   /opt/librenms/logs/error_log;
 location / {
  try_files $uri $uri/ @librenms;
 }
 location ~ \.php {
  include fastcgi.conf;
  fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
  fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
 }
 location ~ /\.ht {
  deny all;
 }
 location @librenms {
  rewrite api/v0(.*)$ /api_v0.php/$1 last;
  rewrite ^(.+)$ /index.php/$1 last;
 }
}

service nginx restart

Web installer

Now head to: http://librenms.example.com/install.php and follow the on-screen instructions.

Configure snmpd

cp /opt/librenms/snmpd.conf.exmaple /etc/snmpd.conf
vim /etc/snmpd.conf

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

service snmpd restart

Cron job

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

Final steps

chown librenms:librenms /opt/librenms/.git/index
chown -R librenms:librenms /opt/librenms

Now run validate your install and make sure everything is ok:

cd /opt/librenms
./validate.php

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 first device

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

Closing

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