How to Install BounCA on Fedora Server Latest

BounCA is a web-based user interface for Certificate Authorities. It provides a user-friendly interface for managing X.509 certificates and CAs. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps of setting up BounCA on a Fedora Server.

Prerequisites

• A Fedora Server with root access.
• A non-root user with sudo privileges.
• Apache and MySQL must be installed and running.

Install Python and Apache mod_wsgi for Python support

1. Install Python:

   sudo dnf install python3
   

2. Install Apache mod_wsgi for Python:

   sudo dnf install mod_wsgi
   

3. Enable and start Apache:

   sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
   sudo systemctl start httpd.service
   

Install BounCA

1. Download the latest version of BounCA from https://bounca.org/.

   You can use the following command to download and extract the latest version of BounCA:

   wget https://github.com/bounca/bounca-server/archive/master.zip
   unzip master.zip
   

2. Move the extracted BounCA directory to /srv/www/htdocs/:

   sudo mv bounca-server-master /srv/www/htdocs/bounca
   

3. Using your favorite text editor, open the settings.py file located in the BounCA directory:

   sudo nano /srv/www/htdocs/bounca/web/settings.py
   

4. Update the DATABASES section of the settings.py file with your MySQL credentials:

   DATABASES = {
       'default': {
           'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
           'NAME': 'bounca',
           'USER': '<mysql-username>',
           'PASSWORD': '<mysql-password>',
           'HOST': 'localhost',
           'PORT': '3306',
       }
   }
   

5. Save and close the settings.py file.

6. Using your favorite text editor, open the wsgi.py file located in the BounCA directory:

   sudo nano /srv/www/htdocs/bounca/web/wsgi.py
   

7. Edit the wsgi.py file to point to the correct location of the settings.py file:

   import os, sys
   sys.path.append('/srv/www/htdocs')
   sys.path.append('/srv/www/htdocs/bounca/web')
   os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "settings")
   

Create MySQL Database and User

1. Log in to MySQL as root:

   mysql -u root -p
   

2. Create a new database and user for BounCA:

   CREATE DATABASE bounca;
   CREATE USER '<mysql-username>'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<mysql-password>';
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bounca.* TO '<mysql-username>'@'localhost';
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   

3. Exit MySQL:

   exit;
   

Set Up BounCA

1. Go to the BounCA web directory:

   cd /srv/www/htdocs/bounca/web
   

2. Install the required Python packages:

   sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
   

3. Create the necessary database tables:

   sudo python3 manage.py migrate
   

4. Create a superuser account:

   sudo python3 manage.py createsuperuser
   

5. Restart Apache:

   sudo systemctl restart httpd.service
   

6. Access BounCA by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost/bounca.

   You will need to log in to BounCA using the superuser account you created in step 4.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed BounCA on your Fedora Server.