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

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
```

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