How to Install rConfig on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install rConfig on Alpine Linux Latest. rConfig is a configuration management tool that helps system administrators to manage their network devices and automate network configuration.

Prerequisites

Before we start the installation process, please make sure you have the following:

  • A system running Alpine Linux Latest.
  • Root access to the system.
  • A web browser to access the rConfig web interface.

Step 1: Install pre-requisites

First, we need to install some pre-requisites packages for rConfig:

apk update
apk add --no-cache apache2 php7 php7-apache2 php7-mysqli php7-curl php7-json php7-xml php7-xmlrpc php7-tokenizer php7-openssl php7-mbstring php7-zip

Now, start and enable the Apache2 and PHP7 services:

rc-update add apache2 default
rc-update add php-fpm7 default
rc-service apache2 start
rc-service php-fpm7 start

Step 2: Download and extract rConfig

Next, we need to download the latest version of rConfig. You can download it from the official website: http://www.rconfig.com/downloads/.

cd /tmp/
wget http://www.rconfig.com/downloads/rconfig-3.9.1.tar.gz
tar xvzf rconfig-3.9.1.tar.gz

Now, move the extracted directory to the Apache2 document root:

mv rconfig-3.9.1 /var/www/localhost/htdocs

Step 3: Set up a MySQL database for rConfig

rConfig requires a MySQL/MariaDB database to store its configuration information. To set up a database for rConfig, first install the MariaDB server:

apk add --no-cache mariadb mariadb-client

Next, start and enable the MariaDB server:

rc-update add mariadb default
rc-service mariadb start

Now, create a new database and user for rConfig:

mysql -u root -p
create database rconfig;
grant all privileges on rconfig.* to 'rconfig'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
exit

Step 4: Configure rConfig

Now, we need to configure rConfig to use the new database. Open the rConfig configuration file config.php and update the following lines:

define('CFG_SQL_HOST', 'localhost');
define('CFG_SQL_PORT', '3306');
define('CFG_SQL_USER', 'rconfig');
define('CFG_SQL_PASS', 'password');
define('CFG_SQL_DB', 'rconfig');

Save the file and exit.

Step 5: Set permissions

Next, we need to set the permissions on some directories:

chown -R apache:apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs
chmod -R 755 /var/www/localhost/htdocs

Step 6: Access the rConfig web interface

Finally, access the rConfig web interface by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost/rconfig-3.9.1. You should see the rConfig login page.

Log in with the default credentials:

  • Username: admin
  • Password: admin

That's it! You have successfully installed rConfig on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now use it to manage your network devices and automate network configuration.