Bold Reports^® Installation and Deployment on Oracle Linux (v6.1 or later)

Deployment prerequisites

Install the GDIPlus package using the following command.

sudo dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install libgdiplus

If you want to install the ETL application with Bold Reports^®, follow these steps. Otherwise, skip to step 6.
- Install python pip and the required pip packages by running the following command.
```
sudo yum -y install python3-pip && python3.9 -m pip install duckdb===1.1.2 dlt===0.5.4 pymysql pyodbc pg8000 poetry pandas===2.2.2 "dlt[parquet]" "dlt[filesystem]"
```
  Note: Python 3.9 must be installed on the machine.
Install the pv tool by running the following command.
```
sudo dnf install pv
```
Add an openssl conf path in the environment if it does not exist.
```
export OPENSSL_CONF=/etc/ssl/
```
Change the SELinux mode from targeted to permissive.
```
sudo setenforce 0
```

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 Linux 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 : Specify whether it is a new or upgrade installation.
- u: Specify the user or group that manages the service. Ensure that 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 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
```