How to Install Fusion Directory on Manjaro

Fusion Directory is an open source identity and infrastructure management tool that allows system administrators to manage users, groups, services, and more from a web-based interface. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Fusion Directory on your Manjaro operating system.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

  • A user account with sudo privileges.
  • An updated Manjaro system.
  • Access to the internet to download the required packages.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Fusion Directory requires some additional packages to be installed on the system. Open the terminal and update the package list by running the following command:

sudo pacman -Syu

Next, install the required packages by running the following command:

sudo pacman -S php php-apache apache php-ldap perl-ldap mod_wsgi --needed

You may be prompted to confirm the installation. Type y and press Enter to proceed.

Step 2: Download Fusion Directory

Fusion Directory package is available on its official website. To download it, open the terminal and run the following command:

wget https://repos.fusiondirectory.org/sources/fusiondirectory/fusiondirectory-1.4.2.tar.gz

This will download the Fusion Directory package in tar.gz format to your current directory.

Step 3: Extract Fusion Directory Package

Now that you have downloaded the Fusion Directory package, extract it to the /var/www directory by running the following command:

sudo tar -xzvf fusiondirectory-1.4.2.tar.gz -C /var/www

Step 4: Set Permissions and Ownership

Once extracted, permission and ownership of the Fusion Directory folder need to be set to the Apache user. To do this, run the following command:

sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/fusiondirectory
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/fusiondirectory

Step 5: Configure Apache Web Server

Create a new Apache configuration file for Fusion Directory by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/fusiondirectory.conf

Add the following content to the file:

Alias /fusiondirectory /var/www/fusiondirectory/html
<Directory /var/www/fusiondirectory/html>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride All
    Order allow,deny
    allow from all
</Directory>

Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl+X, Y, and Enter.

Restart the Apache web server to apply the changes by running the following command:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 6: Access Fusion Directory

Fusion Directory is now successfully installed on your Manjaro system. You can access it by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost/fusiondirectory.

Conclusion

That's it. You have successfully installed Fusion Directory on your Manjaro operating system. You can now use it to manage your IT infrastructure and users from a web-based interface.