Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of librenms


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Nov 30, 2016, 3:17:52 AM (7 years ago)
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    264264==== Cloning the LibreNMS source code with git ====
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    266 LibreNMS is installed using git. If you're not familiar with git, check out the git book or the tips at git ready. The initial install from github.com is called a ''git clone''; subsequent updates are done through ''git pull''.
     266LibreNMS is installed using git. If you're not familiar with git, check out the git book or the tips at git ready. The initial install from github.com is called a '''git clone'''; subsequent updates are done through ''git pull''.
    267267
    268268The initial clone can take quite a while (nearly 3 minutes on a 10Mbps connection is typical) as the size of the software repository is 220+ MB in size.
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    359359You may see warnings about the software not being up to date, and some more about permissions. You can probably ignore these for now, but it might come in useful later if you experience issues with LibreNMS.
    360360
    361 We can now secure the ''/opt/librenms'' directory again:
     361We can now secure the '''/opt/librenms''' directory again:
    362362{{{
    363363# chown librenms /opt/librenms
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    367367
    368368==== Setting the SNMP community ====
    369 First, edit the file /opt/librenms/config.php,
     369First, edit the file '''/opt/librenms/config.php''',
    370370
    371371# vi /opt/librenms/config.php
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    386386But to be on the safe side, and not scan networks outside your organization, LibreNMS needs to be told which subnets it's allowed to scan for new devices.
    387387
    388 Still in the file /opt/librenms/config.php, find the line:
     388Still in the file '''/opt/librenms/config.php''', find the line:
    389389{{{
    390390#$config['nets'][] = "10.0.0.0/8";
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    407407Since "both" devices are in fact the same, their SNMP sysName will be identical, and we can tell LibreNMS to NOT add devices if one already exists with the same sysName - after all, this shouldn't happen in a well configured network!
    408408
    409 To avoid this, add the following line at the bottom of the config.php file:
     409To avoid this, add the following line at the bottom of the '''config.php''' file:
    410410{{{
    411411$config['allow_duplicate_sysName'] = false;