(and discovering What’s On Your Network in 10 minutes)
Open-AudIT can be downloaded, installed, configured and discovering devices in under 10 minutes.
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- Go to Open-AudIT.org and download the latest version. Install Open-AudIT.
- Log on to Open-AudIT and fill out the form to receive a free 20 device license.
- Add some credentials.
- Add a Discovery.
- Run the Discovery.
- Done!
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Installing
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Go to open-audit.org and and download the latest version. Supply your name, email and company email and company and download the binary. Run “sudo ./OAE-Linux-x86_64-release_25.0.111.run”.
Log on to Open-AudIT and you should see a splash screen informing you that you do not have a license – but Opmantek will give you a 20 device license for free. Just fill out the form and your 20 device Professional 20 device license will be activated.
All you need to do now is add some credentials, add a discovery and run it. Done!A screencast is below. This was recorded on a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 install that already had apache and mysql installed, as well as any updates applied (simply to save time for the screencast). If apache and mysql were not installed, the installer would have installed them for us, as it does the other required packages.
Once you have installed Open-AudIT, hop over to our Getting Started page for more helpful information.
Upgrading
Upgrading is essentially the same as installing.
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Don't forget we have release notes available for every version so you'll know exactly what has changed.
Database Creation
Open-AudIT requires a database to store its information in. If you ever need to manually create this database, the commands to do so are below. You should have already set a root password. If you have not, the default root password set by an Open-AudIT installation is openauditrootuserpassword.
Create the database.
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mysql -u root -p -e "CREATE DATABASE openaudit;" |
Create the database user.
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mysql -u root -p -e "CREATE USER openaudit@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'openauditpassword';" |
Give the user access tot he database.
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mysql -u root -p -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON openaudit.* TO openaudit@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'openauditpassword'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" |
Populate the database schema.
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mysql -u root -p openaudit -e "/usr/local/open-audit/other/open-audit.sql" |
Dependencies
Open-AudIT relies on dependencies to function. These dependencies are based on the distribution and version you are using. They are below.
Redhat 8 / 9
Redhat 8
subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-8-server-optional-rpms
Redhat 9
subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-9-server-optional-rpms
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yum install mariadb-server httpd php php-cli php-intl php-mysqlnd php-ldap php-json php-mbstring php-process php-snmp php-xml nmap zip curl wget sshpass screen samba-client logrotate perl-Time-ParseDate ipmitool net-snmp perl-Crypt-CBC libnsl.x86_64 |
Debian 11 / 12
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apt-get install mariadb-server apache2 apache2-utils libapache2-mod-php openssh-client php php-cli php-curl php-intl php-ldap php-mbstring php-mysql php-snmp php-xml nmap zip wget curl sshpass screen smbclient logrotate ipmitool snmp libcrypt-cbc-perl |
Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04
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apt-get mariadb-server apache2 apache2-utils libapache2-mod-php openssh-client php php-cli php-curl php-intl php-ldap php-mbstring php-mysql php-snmp php-xml nmap zip wget curl sshpass screen smbclient logrotate ipmitool snmp libcrypt-cbc-perl |