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| * Nginx is a web server that seems to have overtaken Apache in terms of popularity and number of active websites on the Internet. | * Nginx is a web server that seems to have overtaken Apache in terms of popularity and number of active websites on the Internet. | ||
| - | * It is new, lightweight, | + | * It is new, lightweight, |
| * Nginx is the new Apache so to speak. | * Nginx is the new Apache so to speak. | ||
| * This section describes the steps you need to take to get RADIUSdesk up and running with a LEMP stack on Ubuntu 22.04 | * This section describes the steps you need to take to get RADIUSdesk up and running with a LEMP stack on Ubuntu 22.04 | ||
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| - | * We recently switched from CakePHPv3 to CakePHPv4. | + | * We **(not so recently)** switched from CakePHPv3 to CakePHPv4. |
| - | * If you manage devices with MESHdesk and APdesk, make sure you also run the instructions that include cake3 so that your system is backwards compatible. | + | * If you manage devices with MESHdesk and APdesk, make sure you also run the instructions that include cake3 so that your system is backwards compatible. |
| * The firmware on these devices may still point to the cake3 directory, so we need to include support for this directory. | * The firmware on these devices may still point to the cake3 directory, so we need to include support for this directory. | ||
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| ===== What we need ===== | ===== What we need ===== | ||
| - | *A standard Nginx installation on Ubuntu is actually very simple. | + | * A standard Nginx installation on Ubuntu is actually very simple. |
| - | * The more complicated part is customizing Nginx for the following tasks: | + | * The more complicated part is customizing Nginx for the following tasks: |
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| === php-fpm === | === php-fpm === | ||
| * The default installation of Nginx does not support serving .php files. | * The default installation of Nginx does not support serving .php files. | ||
| - | * We will install a program (actually a service) called **php-fpm**. | + | * We will install a program (actually a service) called **php-fpm**. |
| * This service waits for requests for interpretation. | * This service waits for requests for interpretation. | ||
| - | * Install the php-fpm service | + | * Since Ubuntu 22.04 is quite dated by now, we can not use the standard |
| + | * RADIUSdesk' | ||
| + | * We will add an external, well maintained, repository from which we will install PHP 8.3. | ||
| + | * PHP 8.3 is the default version on Ubuntu 24.04, so it keeps things predictable and according to a convention. | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | sudo apt-get -y install php-fpm | + | sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade |
| - | sudo systemctl enable php8.1-fpm | + | sudo apt install |
| - | sudo systemctl start php8.1-fpm | + | sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php -y |
| + | sudo apt install php8.3 -y | ||
| + | sudo apt install php8.3-fpm | ||
| + | sudo systemctl enable php8.3-fpm | ||
| + | sudo systemctl start php8.3-fpm | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html; | index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html; | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| - | * Enable PHP processing by leaving this section uncommented. Note that we are using the UNIX socket and that we are using 8.1 and not 7.4, which was originally specified in the configuration file. | + | * Enable PHP processing by leaving this section uncommented. Note that we are using the UNIX socket and that we are using 8.3 and not 7.4, which was originally specified in the configuration file. |
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| # Pass PHP scripts to FastCGI server | # Pass PHP scripts to FastCGI server | ||
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| # | # | ||
| # # With php-fpm (or other unix sockets): | # # With php-fpm (or other unix sockets): | ||
| - | fastcgi_pass unix:/ | + | fastcgi_pass unix:/ |
| # # With php-cgi (or other tcp sockets): | # # With php-cgi (or other tcp sockets): | ||
| # | # | ||
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| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-server php8.1-mysql | + | sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-server php8.3-mysql |
| sudo systemctl enable mariadb | sudo systemctl enable mariadb | ||
| sudo systemctl restart mariadb | sudo systemctl restart mariadb | ||
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| sql_mode=IGNORE_SPACE, | sql_mode=IGNORE_SPACE, | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| - | | + | === Enable the Event Scheduler === |
| + | * MariaDB and MySQL has a built in Event Scheduler (like CRON for a database) which is disabled by default. | ||
| + | * We make use of this feature to automatically optimize some of the database tables. | ||
| + | * We will enable the Event Scheduler in MariaDB by creating a new file / | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | sudo vi / | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * Enter these two lines: | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | [mysqld] | ||
| + | event_scheduler=on | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | | ||
| + | * Restart | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| sudo systemctl restart mariadb | sudo systemctl restart mariadb | ||
| + | </ | ||
| + | * You can confirm that it is now enabled by checking the following from the SQL terminal: | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | sudo mysql -u root | ||
| + | MariaDB [(none)]> | ||
| + | +-----------------+-------+ | ||
| + | | Variable_name | ||
| + | +-----------------+-------+ | ||
| + | | event_scheduler | ON | | ||
| + | +-----------------+-------+ | ||
| + | 1 row in set (0.001 sec) | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| * RADIUSdesk consists of three components. | * RADIUSdesk consists of three components. | ||
| * **rd** directory with its contents contains all the HTML and JavaScript code and is used as the presentation layer. | * **rd** directory with its contents contains all the HTML and JavaScript code and is used as the presentation layer. | ||
| - | * **cake4** is a CakePHPv4 application and can be considered the engine room. This is where the data is processed before it is displayed by the presentation layer. | + | * **cake4** is a CakePHPv5 (used to be CakePHPv4) application and can be considered the engine room. This is where the data is processed before it is displayed by the presentation layer. |
| * **login** is a directory with various login pages that are managed centrally via the **RADIUSdesk Dynamic Login Pages** applet. | * **login** is a directory with various login pages that are managed centrally via the **RADIUSdesk Dynamic Login Pages** applet. | ||
| * Later we will create various symbolic links from locations within the **rdcore** directory to locations within the document root directory of the web server. | * Later we will create various symbolic links from locations within the **rdcore** directory to locations within the document root directory of the web server. | ||
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| * Make sure that the following packages are installed. | * Make sure that the following packages are installed. | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | sudo apt-get -y install | + | sudo apt-get -y install |
| - | sudo systemctl restart php8.1-fpm | + | sudo systemctl restart php8.3-fpm |
| </ | </ | ||
| - | * Check out the **rdcore** git repository. | + | * Check out the **rdcore** git repository. |
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| cd /var/www | cd /var/www | ||
| sudo git clone https:// | sudo git clone https:// | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| - | * | + | * This will create an **rdcore** directory containing some subfolders. |
| + | * Check out the CakePHPv5 API back-end application | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | cd /var/www | ||
| + | sudo git clone https:// | ||
| + | </ | ||
| * It is recommended that you also include the RD Mobile UI. | * It is recommended that you also include the RD Mobile UI. | ||
| * Check out the **rd_mobile** git repository. | * Check out the **rd_mobile** git repository. | ||
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| cd / | cd / | ||
| sudo ln -s ../ | sudo ln -s ../ | ||
| - | sudo ln -s ../rdcore/ | + | sudo ln -s ../rd_cake5 |
| #If backward compatibility is required for older firmware of MESHdesk | #If backward compatibility is required for older firmware of MESHdesk | ||
| - | sudo ln -s ../rdcore/ | + | sudo ln -s ../rd_cake5 |
| sudo ln -s ../ | sudo ln -s ../ | ||
| sudo ln -s ../ | sudo ln -s ../ | ||
| - | sudo ln -s ../rdcore/ | + | sudo ln -s ../rd_cake5/ |
| #For the RD Mobile UI | #For the RD Mobile UI | ||
| sudo ln -s ../ | sudo ln -s ../ | ||
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| * See the example below | * See the example below | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | sudo mysql -u root rd < /var/www/rdcore/ | + | sudo mysql -u root rd < /var/www/html/ |
| + | </ | ||
| + | * Some of these patches may add new columns to existing database tables. In this case, it is recommended to clear the CakePHP models (tables) cache to ensure that the latest changes are also applied there: | ||
| + | <code bash> | ||
| + | sudo su | ||
| + | cd / | ||
| + | rm * | ||
| + | exit | ||
| </ | </ | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| * To activate the cron scripts, execute the following command, which adds the **RADIUSdesk** cron scripts to the cron system | * To activate the cron scripts, execute the following command, which adds the **RADIUSdesk** cron scripts to the cron system | ||
| <code bash> | <code bash> | ||
| - | sudo cp / | + | sudo cp / |
| </ | </ | ||
| * If you want to change the default intervals at which the scripts are executed, simply edit the file / | * If you want to change the default intervals at which the scripts are executed, simply edit the file / | ||