How to Install phpIPAM on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install phpIPAM on NetBSD. phpIPAM is an open-source IP address management (IPAM) tool that allows you to organize your IP space and manage your network infrastructure.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have:

  • A NetBSD server set up and running.
  • Root access to the server.
  • Basic knowledge of the Unix command line.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

In order to run phpIPAM, we need to install the required packages. We can do this using the pkgin package manager.

pkgin update
pkgin install php73-7.3.27 apache-httpd php73-apache

This will install the following packages:

  • php73-7.3.27: This is the PHP 7.3.27 interpreter.
  • apache-httpd: This is the Apache HTTP server.
  • php73-apache: This is the Apache module for PHP.

After installing the packages, start the Apache HTTP server.

/etc/rc.d/apache start

Step 2: Download and Extract phpIPAM

You can download the latest version of phpIPAM from the official website at http://phpipam.net/download/. 

 cd /usr/local/www
curl -LO https://github.com/phpipam/phpipam/archive/master.zip
unzip master.zip

The above commands will take you to the document root directory of the Apache server and download the latest phpIPAM version.

Step 3: Configure phpIPAM

Now we need to configure phpIPAM to suit our environment. First, rename the config.dist.php file in the phpIPAM folder to config.php.

cd phpipam-master/
cp config.dist.php config.php

Next, edit the config.php file and update the following settings:

$ipam['database']['host'] = 'localhost';
$ipam['database']['user'] = 'root';
$ipam['database']['pass'] = 'password';
$ipam['database']['name'] = 'phpipam';

Replace localhost with the hostname or IP address of your database server. Replace root with the username of your database user. Replace password with the password of your database user. Replace phpipam with the name of your database.

Step 4: Create a Database

Now we need to create a database and user for phpIPAM. 

mysql -u root -p 
CREATE DATABASE phpipam;
GRANT ALL ON phpipam.* TO 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace password with a strong password.

Step 5: Import SQL Schema

Next, we need to import the SQL schema into the database.

mysql -u root -p phpipam < db/SCHEMA.sql

Step 6: Change File Permissions

phpIPAM requires write permissions to certain directories, so we need to change the directory permissions.

chmod 777 /usr/local/www/phpipam-master/images/
chmod 777 /usr/local/www/phpipam-master/subnets/

Step 7: Access phpIPAM

Finally, we can access phpIPAM by navigating to http://localhost/phpipam-master/ in your web browser.

You should now see the login page for phpIPAM. Use the default username admin and password ipamadmin to log in.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we went through the steps to install phpIPAM on NetBSD. Now that you have phpIPAM installed, you can start organizing your IP space and managing your network infrastructure.