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How to Install and Configure GLPI on Mx Linux (Debian base) (Apache, PHP, MariaDB)

#linux #php #webdev #glpi

✅ 1. System Requirements & Packages

🔧 Install Apache, PHP, and MariaDB/MySQL: 

sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php php-mysql php-gd php-intl php-curl php-mbstring php-xml php-bz2 php-zip unzip wget
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🔧 Enable the required Apache modules: 

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2
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✅ 2. Download and Install GLPI 

cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/releases/download/10.0.14/glpi-10.0.14.tgz
tar -xvzf glpi-10.0.14.tgz
sudo mv glpi /var/www/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/glpi
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✅ 3. Apache Configuration

Create a configuration file for the VirtualHost:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/glpi.conf
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Paste the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName glpi.localhost

    DocumentRoot /var/www/glpi/public

    <Directory /var/www/glpi/public>
        Require all granted
        AllowOverride All

        RewriteEngine On

        RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.+)$
        RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
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Enable the site:

sudo a2ensite glpi.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2
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✅ 4. Edit /etc/hosts

Add this domain for local development:

sudo nano /etc/hosts
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Add the following line:

127.0.0.1 glpi.localhost
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✅ 5. Database Configuration

Start MySQL and create the database and user:

sudo mysql -u root -p
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In the MySQL terminal:

CREATE DATABASE glpidb CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'glpiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strongpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON glpidb.* TO 'glpiuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
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✅ 6. Access via Browser

Open your browser and go to:

http://glpi.localhost
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You should see the GLPI installer 🎉

✅ Fixing the GLPI session.cookie_httponly warning:

  1. Open the PHP configuration file:

Depending on your PHP version, the file might be:

   sudo nano /etc/php/8.2/apache2/php.ini
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Replace 8.2 with your actual version if different. You can check it with:

   php -v
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  1. Search for the following line: Press Ctrl + W and type: 
   session.cookie_httponly
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  1. Edit or add the following line: 
   session.cookie_httponly = On
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  1. Save and exit (Ctrl + O, then Enter, then Ctrl + X)

  2. Restart Apache to apply the changes:

   sudo systemctl restart apache2
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✅ Verification

To make sure the directive is applied:

php -i | grep session.cookie_httponly
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You should see:

session.cookie_httponly => On => On
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