> NOTE: These instructions assume you are the **root** user.  If you
> are not, prepend `sudo` to the shell commands (the ones that aren't
> at `mysql>` prompts) or temporarily become a user with root
> privileges with `sudo -s` or `sudo -i`.

!!! warning

    Please note the minimum supported PHP version is @= php.version_min =@.  
    The guide below might not have been updated to reflect it!

# Install Required Packages

```
yum install epel-release yum-utils
```

```
yum localinstall http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
```

```
yum-config-manager --enable remi-php73
```

```
yum install composer cronie fping git ImageMagick jwhois mariadb mariadb-server mtr MySQL-python net-snmp net-snmp-utils nginx nmap php-fpm php-cli php-common php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-process php-snmp php-xml php-zip php-memcached php-mysqlnd python-memcached rrdtool python3 python3-pip
```

# Add librenms user

```
useradd librenms -d /var/www/librenms -M -r
usermod -a -G librenms nginx
```

# Download LibreNMS

```
cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/librenms/librenms.git
```

# Set permissions

```
chown -R librenms:librenms /var/www/librenms
chmod 770 /var/www/librenms
setfacl -d -m g::rwx /var/www/librenms/rrd /var/www/librenms/logs /var/www/librenms/bootstrap/cache/ /var/www/librenms/storage/
setfacl -R -m g::rwx /var/www/librenms/rrd /var/www/librenms/logs /var/www/librenms/bootstrap/cache/ /var/www/librenms/storage/
chgrp apache /var/lib/php/session/
```

# Install PHP dependencies

```
su - librenms
./scripts/composer_wrapper.php install --no-dev
exit
```

# DB Server

## Configure MySQL

```
systemctl start mariadb
mysql -u root
```

> NOTE: Please change the 'password' below to something secure.

```sql
CREATE DATABASE librenms CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'librenms'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON librenms.* TO 'librenms'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
```

```
vi /etc/my.cnf
```

Within the `[mysqld]` section please add:

```bash
innodb_file_per_table=1
lower_case_table_names=0
```

```
systemctl enable mariadb
systemctl restart mariadb
```

# Web Server

## Configure and Start PHP-FPM

Ensure date.timezone is set in php.ini to your preferred time zone.
See <https://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php> for a list of supported
timezones.  Valid examples are: "America/New_York",
"Australia/Brisbane", "Etc/UTC".

```
vi /etc/php.ini
```

In `/etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf` make these changes:

```
vi /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
```

```nginx
;user = apache
user = nginx

group = apache   ; keep group as apache

;listen = 127.0.0.1:9000
listen = /run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock

listen.owner = nginx
listen.group = nginx
listen.mode = 0660
```

```
systemctl enable php-fpm
systemctl restart php-fpm
```

## Configure NGINX

```
vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/librenms.conf
```

Add the following config, edit `server_name` as required:

```nginx
server {
 listen      80;
 server_name librenms.example.com;
 root        /var/www/librenms/html;
 index       index.php;

 charset utf-8;
 gzip on;
 gzip_types text/css application/javascript text/javascript application/x-javascript image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xsl text/xml image/x-icon;
 location / {
  try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
 }
 location /api/v0 {
  try_files $uri $uri/ /api_v0.php?$query_string;
 }
 location ~ \.php {
  include fastcgi.conf;
  fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
  fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
 }
 location ~ /\.ht {
  deny all;
 }
}
```

> NOTE: If this is the only site you are hosting on this server (it
> should be :)) then you will need to disable the default site.

Delete the `server` section from `/etc/nginx/nginx.conf`

```
systemctl enable nginx
systemctl restart nginx
```

# SELinux

Install the policy tool for SELinux:

```
yum install policycoreutils-python
```

## Configure the contexts needed by LibreNMS:

```
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t '/var/www/librenms/logs(/.*)?'
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/librenms/logs(/.*)?'
restorecon -RFvv /var/www/librenms/logs/
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t '/var/www/librenms/rrd(/.*)?'
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/librenms/rrd(/.*)?'
restorecon -RFvv /var/www/librenms/rrd/
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t '/var/www/librenms/storage(/.*)?'
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/librenms/storage(/.*)?'
restorecon -RFvv /var/www/librenms/storage/
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t '/var/www/librenms/bootstrap/cache(/.*)?'
semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/librenms/bootstrap/cache(/.*)?'
restorecon -RFvv /var/www/librenms/bootstrap/cache/
setsebool -P httpd_can_sendmail=1
setsebool -P httpd_execmem 1
```

# Allow fping

Create the file http_fping.tt with the following contents. You can
create this file anywhere, as it is a throw-away file. The last step
in this install procedure will install the module in the proper
location.

```
module http_fping 1.0;

require {
type httpd_t;
class capability net_raw;
class rawip_socket { getopt create setopt write read };
}

#============= httpd_t ==============
allow httpd_t self:capability net_raw;
allow httpd_t self:rawip_socket { getopt create setopt write read };
```

Then run these commands

```
checkmodule -M -m -o http_fping.mod http_fping.tt
semodule_package -o http_fping.pp -m http_fping.mod
semodule -i http_fping.pp
```

# Allow access through firewall

```
firewall-cmd --zone public --add-service http
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone public --add-service http
firewall-cmd --zone public --add-service https
firewall-cmd --permanent --zone public --add-service https
```

# Configure snmpd

```
cp /var/www/librenms/snmpd.conf.example /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
```

```
vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf
```

Edit the text which says `RANDOMSTRINGGOESHERE` and set your own community string.

```
curl -o /usr/bin/distro https://raw.githubusercontent.com/librenms/librenms-agent/master/snmp/distro
chmod +x /usr/bin/distro
systemctl enable snmpd
systemctl restart snmpd
```

# Cron job

```
cp /var/www/librenms/librenms.nonroot.cron /etc/cron.d/librenms
```

> NOTE: Keep in mind  that cron, by default, only uses a very limited
> set of environment variables. You may need to configure proxy
> variables for the cron invocation. Alternatively adding the proxy
> settings in config.php is possible too. The config.php file will be
> created in the upcoming steps. Review the following URL after you
> finished librenms install steps:
> <@= config.site_url =@/Support/Configuration/#proxy-support>

# Copy logrotate config

LibreNMS keeps logs in `/var/www/librenms/logs`. Over time these can
become large and be rotated out.  To rotate out the old logs you can
use the provided logrotate config file:

```
cp /var/www/librenms/misc/librenms.logrotate /etc/logrotate.d/librenms
```

# Web installer

Now head to the web installer and follow the on-screen instructions.

<http://librenms.example.com/install.php>

The web installer might prompt you to create a `config.php` file in
your librenms install location manually, copying the content displayed
on-screen to the file. If you have to do this, please remember to set
the permissions on config.php after you copied the on-screen contents
to the file. Run:

```
chown librenms:librenms /var/www/librenms/config.php
```

# Final steps

That's it!  You now should be able to log in to
<http://librenms.example.com/>.  Please note that we have not covered
 HTTPS setup in this example, so your LibreNMS install is not secure
 by default.  Please do not expose it to the public Internet unless
 you have configured HTTPS and taken appropriate web server hardening
 steps.

# Add the first device

We now suggest that you add localhost as your first device from within the WebUI.

# Troubleshooting

If you ever have issues with your install, run validate.php as root in
the librenms directory:

```
cd /var/www/librenms
./validate.php
```

There are various options for getting help listed on the LibreNMS web
site: <https://www.librenms.org/#support>

# What next?

Now that you've installed LibreNMS, we'd suggest that you have a read
of a few other docs to get you going:

- [Performance tuning](../Support/Performance.md)
- [Alerting](../Alerting/index.md)
- [Device Groups](../Extensions/Device-Groups.md)
- [Auto discovery](../Extensions/Auto-Discovery.md)

# Closing

We hope you enjoy using LibreNMS. If you do, it would be great if you
would consider opting into the stats system we have, please see [this
page](../General/Callback-Stats-and-Privacy.md) on
what it is and how to enable it.

If you would like to help make LibreNMS better there are [many ways to
help](../Support/FAQ.md#a-namefaq9-what-can-i-do-to-helpa). You
can also [back LibreNMS on Open Collective](https://t.libren.ms/donations).
