Bold Reports^® Installation and Deployment on Alma Linux (v6.3 or later)

Deployment prerequisites

Install Nginx by running the following commands:

sudo dnf update -y

sudo dnf install -y nginx

Install zip by running the following command:
```
sudo dnf install -y zip
```
Install wget by running the following command:
```
sudo dnf install wget
```
Install GDIPlus package using the following commands.
```
sudo dnf install -y libgdiplus
```
If you want to install the ETL application with Bold Reports^®, follow the steps below. Otherwise, skip this step and proceed with the step 6.
- Install python pip and the following pip packages by running the below command.
```
sudo dnf install -y python3-pip
sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
sudo pip3 install duckdb==1.1.2 dlt==0.4.12 pymysql pyodbc pg8000 poetry pandas==2.2.2 numpy==1.26.4 "dlt[parquet]" "dlt[filesystem]"
```
  Note: Python 3.9 must be installed on that machine.
Add an openssl conf path to the environment if it does not exist.
```
export OPENSSL_CONF=/etc/ssl/
```

Register and download the Bold Reports^® Linux package from here.
Download the Bold Reports^® Linux package by running the following command:
```
sudo wget {Bold Reports Linux package link}
```
Extract the zip file by running the following command:
```
sudo unzip {Bold Reports Linux package zip file}
```
Change the directory to BoldReports_EnterpriseReporting-Linux by running the following command:
```
cd BoldReports_EnterpriseReporting-Linux
```
Execute the following command to deploy Bold Reports^® on your machine.

Command Syntax:
```
sudo bash install-boldreports.sh -i {new} -u {user} -h {host URL} -n {true or false}
```
Example command:
```
sudo bash install-boldreports.sh -i new -u root -h http://linux.example.com -n true
```
- i: Installation type : Specifies whether it is a new or upgrade installation.
- u: Specify the user or group that manages the service. Make sure this user exists on your Linux server.
- h: Domain or IP address of the machine with HTTP protocol.
- n: Setting this to true will automatically configure the Bold Reports^® with the Nginx front-end server.
IMPORTANT: If there are any existing applications running on the Linux machine using Nginx, set the “-n” value to false and configure Nginx manually.

Example for new installation:
```
    sudo bash install-boldreports.sh -i new -u www-data -h http://linux.example.com -n true
```