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Bold Reports® Installation and Deployment on OpenSUSE 15 (v7.1 or Later)

Follow the steps below to set up the necessary environment for deploying Bold Reports® on OpenSUSE 15.3 or later.

Step 1: Create and Connect to the Virtual Machine

  • Set up an OpenSUSE 15.3 or higher virtual machine (VM) and establish a connection.

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Nginx Installation

Run the following commands one by one to install and configure Nginx:

sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper addrepo https://nginx.org/packages/sles/15 nginx
sudo rpm --import https://nginx.org/keys/nginx_signing.key
sudo rpm -qa gpg-pubkey
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install nginx
sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx

Chromium Dependency Packages Installation

Execute the following commands to install the required Chromium dependencies:

sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/oss/ openSUSE-15.6-OSS
sudo zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/leap/15.6/repo/non-oss/ openSUSE-15.6-Non-OSS
sudo zypper refresh
sudo zypper install systemd  btrfsprogs squashfs-tools memstrack procps-ng rng-tools iscsi ntfs-3g mozilla-nss xdg-utils gconf2 gtk3 libXScrnSaver libXcomposite1 libXcursor1 libXdamage1 libXfixes3 libXi6 libXrandr2 libXrender1 libasound2 libc6 libcairo libcairo2 liberation-fonts libgbm1 libgdk_pixbuf-2_0-0 libindicator3-7 libnspr4 lsb-release pango xvfb

Python Installation

Run the following commands to install Python and necessary dependencies:

sudo zypper install zip
sudo zypper install python3
sudo zypper install python3-pip
sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

Setting OpenSSL Configuration Path

Ensure the OpenSSL configuration path is set in the environment. If it does not exist, add the following:

export OPENSSL_CONF=/etc/ssl/

Deploying 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 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

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