GLPIApplianceSetupGuide

1.0Overview
TheGLPIvirtualapplianceisvirtualmachinewithaLinuxoperatingsystemandaninstalledinstanceofGLPIwithallofits
prerequisites.

2.0ImportVirtualAppliance
ThefollowingdirectionsshowhowtoimportavirtualapplianceintoVMwarevSphere,VMwareWorkstation,orOracle
Virtualbox.

2.1VMwarevSphere
1. InyourvSphereClient,fromtheFilemenu,selectDeployOVFTemplate.

2. ForSource,browsetothelocationofyourOVAfile.

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3. ForNameandLocation,givetheapplianceadescriptivename.

4. ForStorage,selecttheappropriatedatastore.

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5. ForDiskFormat,selectoneofthethreepresentedformats.

6. AttheReadytoCompletewindow,selectthe"Poweronafterdeployment"checkbox.

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2.2VMwareWorkstation
1. InVMwareWorkstation,fromthemenu,selectFile>Open.

2. SelecttheOVAfiletoopen.

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3. ClickImporttoimportthevirtualappliance.

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2.3OracleVirtualbox
1. InVirtualBox,fromthemenu,selectFile>ImportAppliance.

2. BrowsetoandselecttheOVAfile.

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3. ClickImporttoimportthevirtualappliance.

2.4AccessGLPI
YoucanaccessGLPIusingoneoftwomethodslocallyorremotely.

2.4.1LocalAccess
Localaccessrequirestheusertologontothevirtualmachine.
1. Loginintotheappliance.

Thelogincredentialsare:

Username:
user
Password:
password

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2. Elevateprivileges:

Thepasswordforuserispassword.

3. StartXWindows:

4. Fromwithinthevirtualappliance,selectApplicationsMenu>Internet>FirefoxWebBrowser.

5. FromtheWebbrowser,gotohttp://localhost

6. TheGLPIcredentialsare:

Username:glpi
Password:glpi

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2.4.2RemoteAccess
RemoteaccessispossibleifyourvirtualappliancehasacquiredanIPaddresseitherviaDHCPorstatically.Froma
workstation,allyouneedtodoendtheIPaddressintotheaddressbarofyourWebbrowser.
1. FromwithinthevirtualappliancegettheIPaddressbyissuingtheip addr show eth0command.

2. EntertheIPaddressintotheaddressoftheWebbrowser.

3.0Support
Questionsaboutthisvirtualappliancecanbesenttoinfo@systemsector.com.

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