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Bold Reports® Installation and Deployment on Kali Linux (v7.1 or later)

Deployment prerequisites

  1. Access to a Linux server with a standard user account and sudo privileges.

  2. Install Nginxby running the following commands:

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install nginx

  3. Install zip by running the following command

    sudo apt-get install zip

  4. Install GDIPlus package using the following command.

    sudo apt-get install libgdiplus

  5. Install the python 3.9 or later by executing the following command:

    sudo apt-get install -y python3
    sudo apt update && sudo apt install wget software-properties-common && sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa && sudo apt update && sudo apt install python3.9

  6. Install pip dependency packages for ETL service by running the following command:

    sudo apt-get install python3-pip && sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip && sudo pip 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]"

  7. Add an openssl conf path in the environment if it does not exist.

    export OPENSSL_CONF=/etc/ssl/

Configuring the Bold Reports® application

  1. Register and download the Bold Reports® Linux package from here.

  2. Download the Bold Reports® Linux package by running the following command:

    sudo wget {Bold Reports Linux package link}

  3. Extract the zip file by running the following command:

    sudo unzip {Bold Reports Linux package zip file}

  4. Change the directory to BoldReports_EnterpriseReporting-Linux by running the following command:

    cd BoldReports_EnterpriseReporting-Linux

  5. Execute the following command to deploy Bold Reports® on your Linux machine.

     sudo bash install-boldreports.sh -i {new} -u {user} -h {host URL} -n {true or false}

    • i: Installation type : Specifies either it is a new or upgrade installation.

    • u: Specify the user or group that manages the service.

    • 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 you have any existing applications running on that Linux machine using Nginx, set “-n” value to false and configure Nginx manually.

    Example for a new installation,

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

Once the installation is complete, open the host URL in the browser and continue the application startup.

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