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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

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