Sipmon Documentation

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Sipmon provides RPM packages for its products through the Sipmon Open Source version available free of charge in our repository.

These packages can be installed on CentOS 7, on Alma/RHEL/Oracle Linux 8 and on Debian 11.

You must run the installation procedure as a privileged user.

Prerequisites ​

After installing your server, update your operating system using the following command:

Accept all GPG keys and reboot your server if a kernel update is proposed.

Step 1: Pre-installation ​

Disable SELinux ​

Configure or disable the firewall ​

If your firewall is active, add firewall rules. You can also disable the firewall during installation by running the following commands:

shell
systemctl stop firewalld
systemctl disable firewalld

Install the repositories ​

MariaDB repository ​

Sipmon repository ​

To install Sipmon software, you should first install the Sipmon repository.

Install the Sipmon repository using this command:

Step 2: Installation ​

This section describes how to install a Sipmon central server.

You can install this server with a local database on the server, or a remote database on a dedicated server.

Step 3: Configuration ​

Server name ​

If you want, you can change the server's hostname using the following command:

shell
hostnamectl set-hostname new-server-name

Replace new-server-name by the name you want. Example:

shell
hostnamectl set-hostname central

Set the PHP time zone ​

You are required to set the PHP time zone.

Replace Europe/Paris by your time zone. You can find the list of supported time zones here.

Services startup during system bootup ​

To make services start automatically during system bootup, run these commands on the central server:

Then execute the following command (on the central server if you are using a local database, or on your remote database server):

shell
systemctl enable mariadb
systemctl restart mariadb

Secure the database ​

Since MariaDB 10.5, it is mandatory to secure the database's root access before installing Sipmon. If you are using a local database, run the following command on the central server:

shell
mysql_secure_installation
  • Answer yes to all questions except "Disallow root login remotely?".
  • It is mandatory to set a password for the root user of the database. You will need this password during the web installation.

For more information, please see the official MariaDB documentation.

Step 4: Web installation ​

  1. Start the Apache server with the following command:
  1. To complete the installation, follow the web installation procedure.