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--- install_24_4 [2024/02/20 14:01] – system
+++ install_24_4 [2026/08/15 07:32] (current) – system
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   * We will install a program (actually a service) called **php-fpm**.
   * This service waits for requests for interpretation.
-  * Install the php-fpm service by installing the default version 8.2 of the packages
+  * Install the php-fpm service by installing the default version 8.3 of the packages
 <code bash>
 sudo apt-get -y install php-fpm
-sudo systemctl enable php8.2-fpm
+sudo systemctl enable php8.3-fpm
-sudo systemctl start php8.2-fpm
+sudo systemctl start php8.3-fpm
 </code>
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 index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;
 </code>
-  * Enable PHP processing by leaving this section uncommented. Note that we are using the UNIX socket and that we are using 8.2 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>
 # Pass PHP scripts to FastCGI server
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     #
     #       # With php-fpm (or other unix sockets):
-    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock;
+    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock;
     #       # With php-cgi (or other tcp sockets):
     #       fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
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 <code bash>
-sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-server php8.2-mysql
+sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-server php8.3-mysql
 sudo systemctl enable mariadb
 sudo systemctl restart mariadb
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 sql_mode=IGNORE_SPACE,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
 </code>
-  * Save the file and restart the MySQL server
+  * Save the file.
+=== 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 /etc/mysql/conf.d/enable_event_scheduler.cnf
+<code bash>
+sudo vi /etc/mysql/conf.d/enable_event_scheduler.cnf
+</code>
+  * Enter these two lines:
+<code bash>
+[mysqld]
+event_scheduler=on
+</code>
+  * Save the file.
+  *  Restart the MySQL server
 <code bash>
 sudo systemctl restart mariadb
 </code>
+  * You can confirm that it is now enabled by checking the following from the SQL terminal:
+<code bash>
+sudo mysql -u root
+MariaDB [(none)]> SHOW GLOBAL VARIABLES LIKE 'event_scheduler';
++-----------------+-------+
+| Variable_name   | Value |
++-----------------+-------+
+| event_scheduler | ON    |
++-----------------+-------+
+row in set (0.001 sec)
+</code>
 -----
 ==== Performance tuning for Nginx ====
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   * RADIUSdesk consists of three components.
     * **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 (It was CakePHPv4 initially) 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.
   * 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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 <code bash>
 sudo apt-get -y install php-cli php-mysql php-gd php-curl php-xml php-mbstring php-intl php-sqlite3 git wget
-sudo systemctl restart php8.2-fpm
+sudo systemctl restart php8.3-fpm
 </code>
   *  Check out the **rdcore** git repository.
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 sudo git clone https://github.com/RADIUSdesk/rdcore.git
 </code>
-  *   This will create an **rdcore** directory containing some subfolders.
+  * This will create an **rdcore** directory containing some sub-folders.
+  * Check out the CakePHPv5 API back-end application
+<code bash>
+cd /var/www
+sudo git clone https://github.com/RADIUSdesk/rd_cake5.git
+</code>
   * It is recommended that you also include the RD Mobile UI.
   * Check out the **rd_mobile** git repository.
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 cd /var/www
 sudo git clone https://github.com/RADIUSdesk/rd_mobile.git
+</code>
+  * It is further recommended that you include RD-Connect for users to manage their accounts.
+<code bash>
+cd /var/www
+sudo git clone https://github.com/RADIUSdesk/rd_connect.git
+</code>
+  * If you feel brave you can also try out out latest RdClient for clients to manage a couple of APs, Mesh Nodes or Permanent Users.
+<code bash>
+cd /var/www
+sudo git clone https://github.com/RADIUSdesk/rd_client.git
 </code>
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 cd /var/www/html
 sudo ln -s ../rdcore/rd ./rd
-sudo ln -s ../rdcore/cake4 ./cake4
+sudo ln -s ../rd_cake5 ./cake4
 sudo ln -s ../rdcore/login ./login
 sudo ln -s ../rdcore/AmpConf/build/production/AmpConf ./conf_dev
-sudo ln -s ../rdcore/cake4/rd_cake/setup/scripts/reporting ./reporting
+sudo ln -s ../rd_cake5/rd_cake/setup/scripts/reporting ./reporting
 #For the RD Mobile UI
 sudo ln -s ../rd_mobile/build/production/RdMobile ./rd_mobile
+#For the RD-Connect Mobile UI
+sudo ln -s ../rd_connect/build/production/RdConnect ./rd_connect
+#For the RD-Client Mobile UI
+sudo ln -s ../rd_client/build/production/RdClient ./rd_client
 </code>
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 #Some error messages may appear in the output, which is not a problem - no need to worry
 sudo su
-mysql_tzinfo_to_sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | mysql -u root  mysql
+mariadb-tzinfo-to-sql /usr/share/zoneinfo | sudo mysql -u root mysql
 </code>
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   * See the example below
 <code bash>
-sudo mysql -u root rd < /var/www/rdcore/cake4/rd_cake/setup/db/8.068_add_email_sms_histories.sql
+sudo mysql -u root rd < /var/www/html/cake4/rd_cake/setup/db/8.068_add_email_sms_histories.sql
+</code>
+ * 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 /var/www/rdcore/html/rd_cake/tmp/cache/models
+rm *
+exit
 </code>
 </alert>
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   * To activate the cron scripts, execute the following command, which adds the **RADIUSdesk** cron scripts to the cron system
 <code bash>
-sudo cp /var/www/html/cake4/rd_cake/setup/cron/cron4 /etc/cron.d/
+sudo cp /var/www/html/cake4/rd_cake/setup/cron/rd_cake5 /etc/cron.d/
 </code>
   * If you want to change the default intervals at which the scripts are executed, simply edit the file /etc/cron.d/cron3.
 ===== Add LETSENCRYPT certificate =====
+<alert type="success">
+Since instructions for Ubuntu 24.04 has not yet been released, we will use the instructions for 22.04, which should work just as well
+</alert>
   * Instead of repeating the existing documentation, we simply add a URL with the corresponding instructions
   * Before you follow the instructions in the URL, you should first do the following
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 sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-common
 </code>
-  * https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-24-04
+  * https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-secure-nginx-with-let-s-encrypt-on-ubuntu-22-04
 ===== Next steps =====
   * Make sure that you also install **FreeRADIUS**.
   * [[install_24_4_freeradius|Install FreeRADIUS]]