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For version 5.0.0, we do not have OKTA authentication in place. This will be coming ASAP.
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New Stuff
Version 5 of Open-AudIT. Wow, what a ride. Underneath the skin, it is huge. We have upgraded the underlying framework and brought the code itself up to current best practices. As a result, we now install on current Redhat, Debian, and Ubuntu and we need a minimum of PHP 7.4. Hence, the following are the officially supported distributions: Redhat 8/9, Debian 11/12, and Ubuntu 20.04/22.04. We also deprecated the omkd daemon and associated Perl framework. So now there is a single interface and a single website. Obviously, this makes for less code. Which means fewer errors. And less work. All in all, I'm very happy with the result. 
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This is not difficult. Perform the below steps to upgrade. The 'from' and 'to' distributions really don't matter. You are free to go from (say) Centos 7 to Debian 12.
On your new server, install a new distribution of your choice (from our new list of supported ones as above). You will need SSH on this machine.
On your new server, install Open-AudiT v5.0.0 as per a regular fresh install.
On your new server, verify it is working (you can get to the GUI and log in).
On your original Open-AudIT server, take a backup of the database.
Note - you may need to substitute your MySQL root user password if it is not the default).
Note #2- The log entries in the database will be deleted (but you still have them on your original Open-AudIT server).
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mysql -u root -popenauditrootuserpassword -e "DELETE FROM oa_user_sessions; DELETE FROM logs;"
mysqldump -u root -popenauditrootuserpassword --extended-insert=FALSE --routines openaudit > /tmp/openaudit.sql |
On your new server, copy the database backup from the original server along with a couple of other directories. Run the below (obviously substitute the items in CAPITAL letters).
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scp YOUR_USERNAME@ORIGINAL_OPEN_AUDIT_SERVER:/tmp/openaudit.sql /usr/local/open-audit/ scp YOUR_USERNAME@ORIGINAL_OPEN_AUDIT_SERVER:/var/www/html/open-audit/custom_images/* /usr/local/open-audit/public/custom_images/ scp YOUR_USERNAME@ORIGINAL_OPEN_AUDIT_SERVER:/usr/local/open-audit/code_igniter/application/attachments/* /usr/local/open-audit/app/Attachments/ |
On your new server, restore the database.
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cd /usr/local/open-audit mysql -u root -popenauditrootuserpassword -e "DROP DATABSE openaudit; CREATE DATABASE openaudit;" mysql -u root -popenauditrootuserpassword openaudit < openaudit.sql |
On your new server, log in. You should be asked to upgrade the database. Obviously, please do so.
On your new server, if you're happy, delete the database backup.
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