Snipe-IT is an open-source IT asset management system

Snipe-IT is an open-source IT asset management system that runs on a LAMP/LEMP stack. Below are the steps to install Snipe-IT on Ubuntu (22.04 or later).

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Step 1: Update and Install Dependencies

bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y apache2 mariadb-server php php-cli php-mbstring php-xml php-bcmath php-curl php-zip php-tokenizer unzip git curl

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Step 2: Configure MySQL

1. Secure MySQL installation: bashCopyEditsudo mysql_secure_installation
   • Set a root password
   • Remove anonymous users
   • Disallow remote root login
   • Remove the test database
2. Login to MySQL and create a database for Snipe-IT: bashCopyEditsudo mysql -u root -p Then run the following SQL commands: sqlCopyEditCREATE DATABASE snipeit; CREATE USER 'snipeituser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON snipeit.* TO 'snipeituser'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;

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Step 3: Install Composer and Clone Snipe-IT

bashsudo apt install -y composer
cd /var/www
sudo git clone https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it.git
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data snipe-it
cd snipe-it
cp .env.example .env

Edit .env to configure database settings:

bash
nano .env

Modify these lines:

iniAPP_URL=http://your-server-ip
DB_DATABASE=snipeit
DB_USERNAME=snipeituser
DB_PASSWORD=StrongPassword

Save and exit.

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Step 4: Install PHP Dependencies

bash
composer install --no-dev --prefer-source

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Step 5: Configure Apache

Create an Apache Virtual Host:

bash
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/snipeit.conf

Paste the following:

pgsql<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/snipe-it/public
    ServerName your-server-ip

    <Directory /var/www/snipe-it/public>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/snipeit_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/snipeit_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Enable the site and restart Apache:

bash
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2ensite snipeit.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2

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Step 6: Run Snipe-IT Migrations

bash
php artisan migrate --force
php artisan key:generate

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Step 7: Configure Permissions

bash
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/snipe-it
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/snipe-it/storage
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/snipe-it/bootstrap/cache

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Step 8: Access Snipe-IT

Open your browser and go to:

arduino
http://your-server-ip

Complete the setup wizard.

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Step 9: (Optional) Enable HTTPS with Let’s Encrypt

bash
sudo apt install -y certbot python3-certbot-apache
sudo certbot --apache -d your-domain.com