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

Deployment prerequisites

1. Install Nginx by running the following commands:

   sudo dnf update -y

   sudo dnf install epel-release -y

   sudo dnf install nginx -y

2. Install zip by running the following command:

   sudo dnf install zip -y

3. Install GDIPlus package using the following command.

   sudo dnf install libgdiplus -y

4. Install the libicu package by running the following command.

   sudo dnf install libicu

5. Install Python 3.9 or later by executing the following command.

   sudo dnf install python3 -y

   sudo dnf install python39 -y

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

   sudo dnf install python3-pip -y

   sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip

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

   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

Next steps

• Install Optional Libraries

• Application Startup