ProVision Local Installation For Debian 8 | ProVision Documentation (View All)

Before You Begin

Ensure that System Requirements have been met prior to proceeding with the Installation Guide.

Install Requirements

1) Upgrade your current packages

Upgrade packages

Upgrade your current packages.

PowerShell

   apt-get update
   apt-get upgrade

2) Install Required Packages

PHP

Installations of ProVision 7.x and newer require PHP 7.1 (and related extensions). ProVision 7.x installations using Debian versions prior to Stretch 9 require updating to PHP 7.1. Debian Wheezy comes with PHP 5.4 by default. You can either add a repository which provides PHP 7.1 or install PHP manually.

For this example, we are using Debian/Ubuntu installation instructions originally from:

https://ayesh.me/Ubuntu-PHP-7.1 (page no longer available) using Ondřej Surý's PPA.

Another reference containing instructions for Debian 7, 8, CentOS / RHEL, MacOS X, and Windows is available here: https://www.colinodell.com/blog/201612/installing-php-71

Depending on what repository you choose, installation instructions and syntax may differ.

Debian 8 Install Package

Bash

sudo apt install apt-transport-https lsb-release ca-certificates 
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg 
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list' 
sudo apt update

And update the packages list:

Bash

   apt-get update

Install Apache2/PHP7/MySQL and development tools for pecl:

PHP 7.x / Apache2 / extensions:

httpd
php7.1w
php7.1w-opcache
php7.1w-mysqlnd
php7.1w-pdo
php7.1w-ldap
php7.1w-pecl-memcache
php7.1w-bcmath
php7.1w-devel
php7.1w-pear
php7.1w-cli
php7.1-imap

Development tools for pecl / additional system packages:

curl
openssl
memcached
mod_ssl

Bash

   apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.1 php7.1 php7.1-cgi php7.1-cli php7.1-gd php7.1-curl php7.1-ldap php7.1-mysqlnd php7.1-ssh2 php-pear php7.1-dev php7.1-imap curl openssl memcached php7.1-memcache

While installing you will be asked to set the MySQL root password.

MySQL

Install MySQL

Install MySQL 5.7 to use a local database:

Bash

apt-get install mysql-server

You will be asked to enter a root password for the mysql server.

DNS and Additional Utilities

Install the DNS and other remaining utilities:

curl
openssl
memcached
php7.1-memcache
nmap
dnsutils
bind9utils
expect

apt-get install curl openssl memcached php7.1-memcache nmap dnsutils bind9utils expect

3) Configure the requirements:

SSL

Enable the necessary apache modules with the following command:

Bash

a2enmod php7 ssl rewrite

In order to create self-signed certificates and to work properly, the hostname must be resolved properly:

Open the hosts file for editing:

Bash

    vi /etc/hosts

Add a record for your hostname

    yourhostname X.X.X.X

Create self-signed certificate:

Bash

    make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite

Apache

mod rewrite REQUIRED

Please note that mod_rewrite is required! If it is not enabled in Apache, key elements will not work as expected.

Enable the default vhost for apache:

Bash

    a2ensite default-ssl

Allow overwrites in the apache vhosts:

Bash

    sed -i 's/AllowOverride None/AllowOverride All/g' /etc/apache2/sites-available/default*

6. Reload apache:

Bash

    service apache2 reload

MySQL

Set the MySQL Configuration:

Bash

    mysql -p -e "SET GLOBAL sql_mode='NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION';SET SESSION sql_mode='NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION';"

then enter the MySQL root password when prompted.

MySQL Packet Size Configuration

We recommend setting the max_allowed_packet setting in the MySQL configuration file to 128MB (or similar) to account for the typical dataset size handled in ProVision.

4) Optional configurations:

Radius (Optional)

This section only needs to be followed if the customer will be using Radius for authentication.

If you are going to use radius authentication, click here.

Install radius module:

Debian 7:

Bash

    pecl install radius

Debian 8:

Bash

    apt-get install php7-radius

Create module loading configuration:

(shown using the vi editor, though you may use the editor of your choice)

    vi /etc/php5/mods-available/radius.ini

Add the following lines to radius.ini:

    ; configuration for php radius module
    ; priority=20
    extension=radius.so

To enable the radius module, type the following command:

Bash

    php7enmod radius

5) Install ProVision Software:

Install ProVision:

Remove the current contents in the ProVision web folder (currently the www root) and after extract the archive contents (where 7.x.x is the version number for the ProVision, and php7.x is the required php version build) :

Bash

 	tar -xf productionBuild-7.x.x-php7.x.tar -C /var/www/

Change the permissions to be the web user permissions

Bash

chown -R www-data.www-data /var/www

Go to http://﹤web root﹥/install/configTest.php. Follow the provided instructions, correcting any configuration errors if they occur. Once all steps are completed, you are ready to use your ProVision instance!