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This document provides a comprehensive installation guide for GLPI, detailing prerequisites such as required technologies, web server specifications, and PHP configurations. It outlines the installation process, including downloading the application, setting up the server, and using the online installation wizard. The guide emphasizes the importance of verifying compatibility and configuring database connections during the installation steps.

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Glpidoc 0.85 en Partial

This document provides a comprehensive installation guide for GLPI, detailing prerequisites such as required technologies, web server specifications, and PHP configurations. It outlines the installation process, including downloading the application, setting up the server, and using the online installation wizard. The guide emphasizes the importance of verifying compatibility and configuring database connections during the installation steps.

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Chapter

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Install GLPI
Topics: Installation Guide.

• Prerequisites Everything you need to know to install a comfortable and serene GLPI.
• Install the GLPI application This section presents the installation prerequisites of GLPI and then the
installation of GLPI.

Prerequisites
Prerequisites for installing GLPI.
GLPI uses the following technologies :
• PHP for language
• MySQL for the database
• HTML for web pages
• CSS style sheets
• CSV, PDF and SLK for data exports
• AJAX for dynamic elements of the interface
• SVG and PNG for images and graphics

Web Server Prerequisites


Characteristics of the web server needed to run GLPI.

Web Server
GLPI requires a web server supports PHP, such as :
• Apache 2 or higher (http://httpd.apache.org)
• Microsoft IIS (http://www.iis.net).

PHP
GLPI requires PHP version 5.3 or above (http://www.php.net).

Required PHP extensions


The following PHP extensions are necessary for the proper functioning of the application :
• JSON : format support JSON structured data
• Mbstring : chain management of multi-byte character
• MySQL : connection with the database
• Session : Session support users

PHP extensions optional but recommended


The following extensions are required for optional features of the application :
• CLI : Using PHP from the command line for automatic actions
• CURL : CAS for authentication
• DOMXML : CAS for authentication
• GD : Image generation
• IMAP : mail servers use to collect the tickets or user authentication
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• LDAP : use of an external directory for authentication


• OpenSSL : encrypted communication

PHP Configuration
The php configuration file (php.ini) should be amended to contain the following variables :
memory_limit = 64M ; // Minimum Value
file_uploads = on ;
max_execution_time = 600 ; // Optional but not mandatory
register_globals = off ; // Optional but not mandatory
magic_quotes_sybase = off ;
session.auto_start = off ;
session.use_trans_sid = 0 ; // Optional but not mandatory

Database server Prerequisites


Characteristics of the database server needed to run GLPI.
To operate, GLPI requires a database server MySQL version greater than or equal to 5.1
(http://www.mysql.com).

Note: We recommand use version 5.5.x (best performances).

Important: Currently, only MySQL database server and MariaDB database server are
supported by GLPI (MyISAM engine).

Install the GLPI application


Installation of GLPI
The procedure is as follows :
1. Download the GLPI archive
2. Install the application files on the server to host GLPI
3. Launch the online installation wizard
Once these steps are complete the application is ready for use.

Note: There are also many packages for distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora ...).

Download the archive


Download GLPI
Download the installation archive of GLPI on the website of GLPI project : http://www.glpi-project.org from the
section Downlaod.

Tip:
Download the latest stable version for production use.

Note: Version numbering: the archive is named GLPI Version X.YY.ZZ where X.YY is the
major version number and ZZ indicates the version number of corrective. Example: GLPI
0.72.4 is the fourth corrective version of the major version 0.72.

Install the application files on the server


Install the application files on the server to host GLPI.
Unzip the downloaded archive. The directory name is obtained glpi.
Copy this directory in the web tree of files to make it accessible..
Give write access to the web service on the folders /files and /config.

Use the installation wizard


Use the GLPI online installation wizard
To begin the installation, point the browser on the root folder of GLPI : http://<GLPI _ADDRESS>.
When you first connect to this address, a procedure step-by-step starts.
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Choice of language (Select your language)


The first step is to choose the language in which the installation takes place. To install in "English", select English
then validate.

License
The use of GLPI is subject to acceptance of the license GNU General Public License. This license is proposed for
reading. Once the license is read and accepted, submit the form. If this is not the case, is impossible to access the
following steps.

Start the installation: Installation or update GLPI


Clien on Installation.

Step 0 : Verify compatibility with your environment running GLPI


This step will verify that the system meets the prerequisites for installation. If this is not the case, it is impossible
access additional steps and an explicit error message indicates the action to be taken before attempting to again. If
all the checks have been successfully completed, submit the form.

Step 1 : Configure the connection to the database


Connection settings to the database are required.
• MySQL Server : Enter the network path to access the server, for example : localhost, or mysql.domain.com
• MySQL User : Enter the user name with the right to connect to MySQL server
• MySQL Password : Enter the password associated with the user defined above
Once these three fields are correctly filled out, submit the form. If the parameters are invalid, a error message is
displayed and you must change the connection settings and try again.

Step 2: Create or choose the database and initialize it


Once the server connection is established, it must create or select the database designed to accommodate the
application data and then initialize GLPI.
Two possibilities :
• Base to accommodate the data using existing GLPI instance :
Select the database in the list of databases displayed. OK to initialize the database.

Caution: The contents of the selected database will be destroyed upon initialization.
• To create a new database to hold the GLPI data :
Select Create a new database. Enter the name of the new database in the text field provided for this purpose.
Select OK to create the database.

Important: This step requires the user to have the necessary rights to create a new database.

Step 3 : Initialization of the database


This step initializes the database with default values. If an error occurs, read the information.

Step 4 : The installation of GLPI is now finished


This step provides a summary of the installation procedure and lists the user accounts created. Read this information
carefully and click submit to make the first connection to the application.

Tip: Default users accounts are :


glpi/glpi for the administrator account
tech/tech for the technician account
normal/normal for the normal user
post-only/postonly for the post-only user
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Attention: Of course one must then delete or change these default accounts for obvious
reasons of security. Be sure before deleting the accounts to create a new glpi user using the
super-admin profile.

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