Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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#SnipeIT #AssetManagement #Linux

*** Updated 03/09/2024

Full steps can be found at i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0500.html

What is Snipe-IT?
Snipe-IT is a Free Open Source (FOSS) project built on Laravel. Snipe-IT was made for IT asset management, to enable IT departments to track who has which laptop, when it was purchased, which software licenses and accessories are available, and so on. -  snipe-it.readme.io/docs
 
Installation
   01. Log into the Linux device
   02. Run the following commands in a terminal window:
         # update software respositories
         sudo apt update
         # install available software updates
         sudo apt upgrade -y
         # install prerequisites
         sudo apt install git openssl curl wget zip composer -y
         # install Apache HTTPD and MySQL
         sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client -y
         # install PHP components
         sudo apt install php7.3 libapache2-mod-php7.3 php7.3-curl php7.3-tokenizer php7.3-ldap php7.3-cli php7.3-json php7.3-gd php7.3-mbstring php7.3-mysql php7.3-xml php7.3-zip php7.3-bcmath -y
         # configure the MySQL database
         sudo su
         mysql_secure_installation
   03. Press Enter to login as root
   04. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
   05. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
   06. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
   07. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
   08. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
   09. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
         mysql -u root -p
   10. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
   11. Run the following commands to create the Snipe-IT database and database user
         CREATE DATABASE snipe_it;
         GRANT ALL ON snipe_it.* to 'snipe_it_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '$nip3-IT!';
         FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
         EXIT;
         exit
   12. Continue with the following commands:
         # clone snipe-it from github
         sudo git clone github.com/snipe/snipe-it /var/www/snipe-it
         # create a copy of the sample .env file
         sudo cp /var/www/snipe-it/.env.example /var/www/snipe-it/.env
         # edit the .env file
         sudo nano /var/www/snipe-it/.env
   13. Edit the following environment variables as needed
         APP_ENV=production
         APP_DEBUG=false
         APP_KEY=SomethingSecure
         APP_URL=http://debian/snipe_it
         APP_TIMEZONE='America/New_York'
         APP_LOCALE=en
         DB_CONNECTION=mysql
         DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
         DB_DATABASE=snipe_it
         DB_USERNAME=snipe_it_rw
         DB_PASSWORD=$nip3-IT!
         MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
         MAIL_HOST=smtp.i12bretro.local
         MAIL_PORT=25
         MAIL_USERNAME=null
         MAIL_PASSWORD=null
         MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
         MAIL_FROM_ADDR=snipe-it@i12bretro.local
         MAIL_FROM_NAME='Snipe-IT'
         MAIL_REPLYTO_ADDR=snipe-it@i12bretro.local
         MAIL_REPLYTO_NAME='Snipe-IT'
         MAIL_AUTO_EMBED_METHOD='attachment'
   14. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to .env
   15. Continue with the following commands:
         # set the owner of the snipe-it directory
         sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/snipe-it
         # setup composer working directory
         sudo mkdir /var/www/.composer
         sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/.composer
         cd /var/www/snipe-it
         # install dependencies with composer
         sudo -u www-data composer install --no-dev --prefer-source
         # generate app key, type yes to confirm generating a new key
         sudo php artisan key:generate
         # create snipe-it apache configuration
         sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/snipe-it.conf
   16. Paste the following configuration into snipe-it.conf
         Alias /snipe-it "/var/www/snipe-it/public"
         ≪Directory /var/www/snipe-it/public≫
         Allow From All
         AllowOverride All
         Options -Indexes
         ≪/Directory≫
   17. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to snipe-it.conf
   18. Run the following command to enable the snipe-it site
         # enable rewrite module
         sudo a2enmod rewrite
         # enable the snipe-it site
         sudo a2ensite snipe-it
         # restart the apache2 service
         sudo systemctl restart apache2
 
Snipe-IT Web Installer
   01. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/snipe-it
   02. Review the Pre-Flight Checks summary ≫ Click the Next: Create Database Tables button
   03. Once the database tables are created, Click the Next: Create User button


....Full steps can be found on GitHub [link at the top]


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