Installing GLPI on Ubuntu Linux

This tutorial will show you all the steps required to install GLPI on Ubuntu Linux.

Table of Contents

Installing MySQL on Ubuntu Linux
Installing Apache on Ubuntu Linux
Install GLPI on Ubuntu Linux
Configure GLPI on Ubuntu Linux

1. Install MySQL on Ubuntu Linux

GLPI requires a database system to store all its configuration.

Use the Ubuntu APT command to install the MySQL server.

# apt-get update
# apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client

Use the following command to access the MySQL service console.

# mysql -u root -p

On the MySQL console, you need to perform the following tasks:

• Create a database named glpi.
• Create a MySQL user account named glpi.
• Give full control over the glpi database to the glpi user.

CREATE DATABASE glpi CHARACTER SET UTF8 COLLATE UTF8_BIN;
CREATE USER 'glpi'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'kamisama123';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON glpi.* TO 'glpi'@'%';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit;

2. Install Apache on Ubuntu Linux

GLPI requires a web server with PHP support to present its web pages.

Use the Ubuntu APT command to install the Apache server.

# apt-get update
# apt-get install apache2 php7.2 php7.2-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.2

Install the Apache required PHP modules.

# apt-get install php7.2-json php7.2-gd php7.2-curl php7.2-mbstring php-cas
# apt-get install php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-imap php7.2-ldap php7.2-xmlrpc php-apcu

Enable Apache mod_rewrite.

Edit the apache2.conf file.

# a2enmod rewrite
# vi /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Add the following lines at the end of apache2.conf

<Directory /var/www/html>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Find the location of the PHP configuration file on your system.

Edit the php.ini configuration file.

# updatedb
# locate php.ini
# vi /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini

Your PHP version may not be the same as ours.

Your PHP configuration file location may not be the same as ours.

Here is the file with our configuration.

file_uploads = On
max_execution_time = 300
memory_limit = 256M
post_max_size = 32M
max_input_time = 60
max_input_vars = 4440

Restart the Apache web server manually.

# service apache2 restart
# service apache2 status

Verify the Apache service status.

● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled)
Drop-In: /lib/systemd/system/apache2.service.d
└─apache2-systemd.conf
Active: active (running) since Mon 2018-12-03 03:41:12 -02; 2 days ago