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Installation

Install Docker Engine

  • Install Docker Engine on Linux System

    Find the official guide here. Follow this official guide for install Docker on other Linux distribution systems.

  • Uninstall old versions

    sudo apt-get remove docker docker-engine docker.io containerd runc
  • Set up the repository

  1. Update the apt package index and install packages to allow apt to use a repository over HTTPS:
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg lsb-release
  2. Add Docker’s official GPG key:
    sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
  3. Use the following command to set up the repository:
    echo \
    "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
    $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
  • Install Docker Engine

  1. Update the apt package index, and install the latest version of Docker Engine, containerd, and Docker Compose, or go to the next step to install a specific version:
    sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io
  2. Verify that Docker Engine is installed correctly;
    sudo systemctl is-active docker

Install Snipe-IT Docker

  • Install Snipe-IT on Linux Server (Docker)

  1. Update/Upgrade installed packages
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

  1. Create directories for mount with Docker containers.
  • Create main directories
sudo mkdir /var/config /var/config/snipeit
  • Change the working directory to newly created snipeit directory.
cd /var/config/ snipeit
  • Create directories for mount with MySQL container and Snipe-IT container.
sudo mkdir snipe-mysql snipe-conf snipe-backup

  1. Create a MySQL container with MySQL version 5.6

Replace the placeholders with your preference.

sudo docker run \
--name snipe-mysql \
-d \
-e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD= <MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD> \
-e MYSQL_DATABASE=snipe \
-e MYSQL_USER=snipe \
-e MYSQL_PASSWORD= <MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD> \
-e TZ=Asia/Colombo \
-p 127.0.0.1:3306:3306 \
-v /var/config/snipeit/snipe-mysql:/var/lib/mysql \
mysql:5.6 --sql-mode=""

  1. Create a Snipe-IT Docker image
  • Generate a new snipe-it container with the latest version.
sudo docker run --rm snipe/snipe-it

Or

  • Generate a new Snipe-IT container with specified version. Find the latest Snipe-IT docker image version here.
sudo docker run --rm snipe/snipe-it:v6.0.2

After the downloading, output should look like this;

Please re-run this container with an environment variable $APP_KEY
An example APP_KEY you could use is:
base64:D5oGA+zhFSVA3VwuoZoQ21RAcwBtJv/RGiqOcZ7BUvI=

Copy the APP_KEY (“based64:D5…”) and replace it with the placeholder at the next step (step 5).


  1. Start the Snipe-IT container
SSL Disabled
Replace the placeholders with your MySQL details (*Step 3*) and APP_KEY (* without an APP_KEY it won’t work).

* Start the Snipe-IT container with the **latest version**.
sudo docker create \ 
--name=snipe-it \
--link snipe-mysql:db \
-e PUID=1000 \
-e PGID=1000 \
-e DB_CONNECTION=mysql \
-e DB_HOST=snipe-mysql \
-e DB_DATABASE=snipe \
-e DB_USERNAME=snipe \
-e DB_PASSWORD=[MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD] \
-e APP_KEY=[APP_KEY] \
-p 8082:80 \
-v /var/config/snipeit/snipe-conf:/config \
-v /var/config/snipeit/snipe-backup:/var/www/html/storage/app/backups \
--restart unless-stopped \
snipe/snipe-it
* Start the Snipe-IT container with the **specified version**.
sudo docker create \ 
--name=snipe-it \
--link snipe-mysql:db \
-e PUID=1000 \
-e PGID=1000 \
-e DB_CONNECTION=mysql \
-e DB_HOST=snipe-mysql \
-e DB_DATABASE=snipe \
-e DB_USERNAME=snipe \
-e DB_PASSWORD=[MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD] \
-e APP_KEY=[APP_KEY] \
-p 8082:80 \
-v /var/config/snipeit/snipe-conf:/config \
-v /var/config/snipeit/snipe-backup:/var/www/html/storage/app/backups \
--restart unless-stopped \
snipe/snipe-it:v6.0.2
SSL Enabled
Replace the placeholders with your MySQL details (*Step 3*), *SSL Port* and *APP_KEY* (* without an APP_KEY it won’t work).
Later, place the **_SSL Key_** and **_SSL Certificate_** inside the snipe-it docker container using the docker cp command, at /var/lib/snipeit/ssl/snipeit-ssl.crt and /var/lib/snipeit/ssl/snipeit-ssl.key.

* Start the Snipe-IT container with the **latest version**.
sudo docker create \ 
--name=snipe-it \
--link snipe-mysql:db \
-e PUID=1000 \
-e PGID=1000 \
-e DB_CONNECTION=mysql \
-e DB_HOST=snipe-mysql \
-e DB_DATABASE=snipe \
-e DB_USERNAME=snipe \
-e DB_PASSWORD=[MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD] \
-e APP_KEY=[APP_KEY] \
-p 8082:80 \
-p [SSL_PORT]:443 \
-v /var/config/snipeit/snipe-conf:/config \
-v /var/config/snipeit/snipe-backup:/var/www/html/storage/app/backups \
--restart unless-stopped \
snipe/snipe-it
* Start the Snipe-IT container with the **specified version**.
sudo docker create \ 
--name=snipe-it \
--link snipe-mysql:db \
-e PUID=1000 \
-e PGID=1000 \
-e DB_CONNECTION=mysql \
-e DB_HOST=snipe-mysql \
-e DB_DATABASE=snipe \
-e DB_USERNAME=snipe \
-e DB_PASSWORD=[MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD] \
-e APP_KEY=[APP_KEY] \
-p 8082:80 \
-p [SSL_PORT]:443 \
-v /var/config/snipeit/snipe-conf:/config \
-v /var/config/snipeit/snipe-backup:/var/www/html/storage/app/backups \
--restart unless-stopped \
snipe/snipe-it:v6.0.2

  1. Start the container.
sudo docker start snipe-it

  1. Update the .env file with the site details and email configurations.
  • Get the docker containers details.
sudo docker ps
  • Get into the Snipe-IT container.
sudo docker exec -it CONTAINER_ID /bin/bash

Default docker containers come with VI editor. If you want, you can install VIM or NANO editors using the following commands.

apt-get update  
apt-get install vim nano
  • Open .env file with an editor.
vi .env
  • Uncomment and update the basic app settings. Replace the APP_KEY placeholder with your APP_KEY (Step 4) and APP_URL with your site domain (http://example.com:8082).
#--------------------------------------------
# REQUIRED: BASIC APP SETTINGS
# --------------------------------------------
APP_ENV=production
APP_DEBUG=false
APP_KEY=<APP_KEY>
APP_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8082
APP_TIMEZONE=Asia/Colombo
APP_LOCALE=en
  • Update the outgoing email server settings.
# --------------------------------------------
# REQUIRED: OUTGOING MAIL SERVER SETTINGS
# --------------------------------------------
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=${MAIL_PORT_587_TCP_ADDR}
MAIL_PORT=${MAIL_PORT_587_TCP_PORT}
MAIL_USERNAME=${MAIL_ENV_USERNAME}
MAIL_PASSWORD=${MAIL_ENV_PASSWORD}
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=${MAIL_ENV_ENCRYPTION}
MAIL_FROM_ADDR=${MAIL_ENV_FROM_ADDR}
MAIL_FROM_NAME=${MAIL_ENV_FROM_NAME}
MAIL_REPLYTO_ADDR=${MAIL_ENV_FROM_ADDR}
MAIL_REPLYTO_NAME=${MAIL_ENV_FROM_NAME}

*Example with a Gmail. Required to enable “Less secure app” settings at Gmail and generated password. <MAIL_REPLYTO_ADDR> email address only use to send the test email.*

# --------------------------------------------
# REQUIRED: OUTGOING MAIL SERVER SETTINGS
# --------------------------------------------
MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
MAIL_PORT=587
MAIL_USERNAME=your_username@gmail.com
MAIL_PASSWORD=your_generated_password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
MAIL_FROM_ADDR=your_username@gmail.com
MAIL_FROM_NAME=’ANY NAME’
MAIL_REPLYTO_ADDR=reciver_email@domain.com
MAIL_REPLYTO_NAME=’ANY NAME’
  • Save the changes and restart the Snipe-IT container.
exit
sudo docker restart snipe-it

  1. Snipe-IT pre-flight setup Browse to the IP address of your Ubuntu server and you should see the pre-flight page (http://example.com:8082.

Install Snipe-IT Apache

  • Install Snipe-IT on Linux Server (Apache)

  1. Update and upgrade installed packages on Linux server.
    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

  2. Install Apache, MySQL, PHP, PHP-FPM and PHP dependencies.
  • Install Apache.
    sudo apt install apache2
  • Install MySQL.
    sudo apt install mysql-server
  • Install PHP and PHP-FPM.
    sudo add-apt-repository universe
    sudo apt install php-fpm php-mysql
  • Install PHP-Dependencies.
    sudo apt-get install -y git unzip php php-curl php-mysql php-gd php-ldap php-zip php-mbstring php-xml php-bcmath php-tokenizer
    Check that the packages are installed correctly.
Tips
* MySQL server version & status
mysql –V service mysql status
* PHP Version
php --version
* Apache version & status
apache2 -V systemctl status apache2

  1. Configure MySQL Server
  • Run MySQL secure installation command line wizard and secure the installation.
    sudo mysql_secure_installation
Tips
  • Do you want to Install Validate Password Plugin? : Better use Yes
  • Change the MySQL root user password. : Enter same password twice
  • Do you want to remove anonymous users? : Yes
  • Do you want to stop root login remotely? : Better use No
  • Do you want to reload privileges table: Yes
Tips
If you get the following error while between the secure installation process, kill the current process and follow these steps;

[Solved] Failed! Error: SET PASSWORD has no significance for user ‘root’@’localhost’ as the authentication method used doesn’t store authentication data in the MySQL server.
* Login to MySQL
sudo mysql
* Run This ALTER Query to change the authentication parameters. Replace placeholder (newpassword) with your preference.
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password by 'newpassword';
And now, you are able to run mysql_secure_installation command.

  1. Create an initial database and a user for the Snipe-IT
  • Login to MySQL server, provide password for MySQL root user when it prompts;
    sudo mysql -u root -p
  • Create new database named snipeit_db.
    CREATE DATABASE snipeit_db;
  • Create a new user named snipeit_user. Replace the password placeholder with your own.
    CREATE USER 'snipeit_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
  • Grant permissions to the user (snipeit_user) on the database (snipeit_db).
    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON snipeit_db.* TO 'snipeit_user'@'localhost';
  • Flush the privileges
    flush privileges;
  • Exit from the MySQL server.
    quit;
  • Restart MySQL service
    sudo service mysql restart

  1. Download the Snipe-IT latest version.
  • Change working directory to "/var/www/"
    cd /var/www/
  • Clone recent version of the Snipe-IT from GIT into a local folder (snipeit).
    sudo git clone https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it snipeit

  1. Update the .env file with the site, database and email configuration details.
  • Change working directory to "/var/www/snipeit/"
    cd /var/www/snipeit/
  • Make a copy of .env environmental file
    sudo cp .env.example .env
  • Open .env file with a text editor.
    sudo vi .env or sudo nano .env
  • Update the basic app settings. Replace the APP_URL with your domain (http://example.com).
    #--------------------------------------------
    # REQUIRED: BASIC APP SETTINGS
    # --------------------------------------------
    APP_ENV=production
    APP_DEBUG=false
    APP_KEY=ChangeMe
    APP_URL=http://127.0.0.1
    APP_TIMEZONE='UTC'
    APP_LOCALE=en
    MAX_RESULTS=500
  • Update the database settings. Replace the "DB_PASSWORD" placeholder with your MySQL snipeit user's password.
    # --------------------------------------------
    # REQUIRED: DATABASE SETTINGS
    # --------------------------------------------
    DB_CONNECTION=mysql
    DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
    DB_DATABASE=snipeit_db
    DB_USERNAME=snipeit_user
    DB_PASSWORD=<password>
    DB_PREFIX=null
    DB_DUMP_PATH='/usr/bin'
    DB_CHARSET=utf8mb4
    DB_COLLATION=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
  • Update the outgoing email server settings.
    # --------------------------------------------
    # REQUIRED: OUTGOING MAIL SERVER SETTINGS
    # --------------------------------------------
    MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
    MAIL_HOST=email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
    MAIL_PORT=587
    MAIL_USERNAME=YOURUSERNAME
    MAIL_PASSWORD=YOURPASSWORD
    MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
    MAIL_FROM_ADDR=you@example.com
    MAIL_FROM_NAME='Snipe-IT'
    MAIL_REPLYTO_ADDR=you@example.com
    MAIL_REPLYTO_NAME='Snipe-IT'
    MAIL_AUTO_EMBED_METHOD='attachment'

    Example with Gmail. Required to enable “Less secure app” settings at Gmail and generate a password. "MAIL_REPLYTO_ADDR" only use to send the test email.

    # --------------------------------------------
    # REQUIRED: OUTGOING MAIL SERVER SETTINGS
    # --------------------------------------------
    MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
    MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
    MAIL_PORT=587
    MAIL_USERNAME=your_username@gmail.com
    MAIL_PASSWORD=your_generated_password
    MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
    MAIL_FROM_ADDR=your_username@gmail.com
    MAIL_FROM_NAME=’ANY NAME’
    MAIL_REPLYTO_ADDR=reciver_email@domain.com
    MAIL_REPLYTO_NAME=’ANY NAME’
  • Save the changes and exit.

  1. Update folder permissions in the Snipe-IT root directory to the user of the Apache.
    sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/snipeit/
    sudo chmod -R 755 storage public/uploads

  1. Download & Install composer.
  • Change working directory to your home directory for download the composer.
    cd /home/username
  • Download the composer.
    curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
  • Change working directory to the Snipe-IT install directory.
    cd /var/www/snipeit
  • For local composer installations.
    php composer.phar install --no-dev --prefer-source
  • For global composer installations.
    composer install --no-dev --prefer-source

  1. Generate an APP_Key for the .env file.
    sudo php artisan key:generate
  • Verify the generated APP_Key by opening the .env file and check "APP_KEY" value.
    cat /var/www/snipeit/.env
    or
    nano /var/www/snipeit/.env

  1. Apache server configurations
  • Create a new site configuration file with your preferred name.

    sudo cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/snipeit.conf
  • Open the configuration file.

    sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/snipeit.conf
  • Add site content as follows, Replace Server Name to your Ubuntu Server’s IP address, and Document root and directory locations to Snipe-IT installation directory public folder (.../snipeit/public/).

    <VirtualHost *:80>

    <Directory /var/www/snipeit/public/>
    Allow From All
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    </Directory>

    DocumentRoot /var/www/snipeit/public/
    ServerName 127.0.0.1

    # Other directives here
    RewriteEngine On
    # From public/.htaccess
    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteRule ^ /index.php [L]

    </VirtualHost>
  • Disable the default site

    sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
  • Enable the new site.

    sudo a2ensite snipeit.conf
  • Restart the Apache service

    sudo systemctl reload apache2

  1. Snipe-IT pre-flight setup

Browse to IP address of your Ubuntu server and you should see the pre-flight page (http://example.com).

Install Snipe-IT Nginx

  • Install Snipe-IT on Linux Server (Nginx)

  1. Update and upgrade installed packages on Linux server.
    sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

  1. Install NGINX, MySQL, PHP, PHP-FPM and PHP dependencies.
  • Install NGINX.
    sudo apt install nginx
  • Install MySQL.
    sudo apt install mysql-server
  • Install PHP and PHP-FPM.
    sudo add-apt-repository universe
    sudo apt install php-fpm php-mysql
  • Install PHP-Dependencies.
    sudo apt-get install -y git unzip php php-curl php-mysql php-gd php-ldap php-zip php-mbstring php-xml php-bcmath php-tokenizer
    Check that the packages are installed correctly.
Tips
* MySQL server version & status
mysql –V service mysql status
* PHP Version
php --version
* NGINX version & status
nginx -V sudo service nginx status

  1. Configure MySQL Server
  • Run MySQL secure installation command line wizard and secure the installation.
    sudo mysql_secure_installation
Tips
  • Do you want to Install Validate Password Plugin? : Better use Yes
  • Change the MySQL root user password. : Enter same password twice
  • Do you want to remove anonymous users? : Yes
  • Do you want to stop root login remotely? : Better use No
  • Do you want to reload privileges table: Yes
Tips
If you get the following error while between the secure installation process, kill the current process and follow these steps;

[Solved] Failed! Error: SET PASSWORD has no significance for user ‘root’@’localhost’ as the authentication method used doesn’t store authentication data in the MySQL server.
* Login to MySQL
sudo mysql
* Run This ALTER Query to change the authentication parameters. Replace placeholder (newpassword) with your preference.
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password by 'newpassword';
And now, you are able to run mysql_secure_installation command.

  1. Create an initial database and a user for the Snipe-IT
  • Login to MySQL server, provide password for MySQL root user when it prompts;
    sudo mysql -u root -p
  • Create new database named snipeit_db.
    CREATE DATABASE snipeit_db;
  • Create a new user named snipeit_user. Replace the password placeholder with your own.
    CREATE USER 'snipeit_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
  • Grant permissions to the user (snipeit_user) on the database (snipeit_db).
    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON snipeit_db.* TO 'snipeit_user'@'localhost';
  • Flush the privileges
    flush privileges;
  • Exit from the MySQL server.
    quit;
  • Restart MySQL service
    sudo service mysql restart

  1. Download the Snipe-IT latest version.
  • Change working directory to "/var/www/"
    cd /var/www/
  • Clone recent version of the Snipe-IT from GIT into a local folder (snipeit).
    sudo git clone https://github.com/snipe/snipe-it snipeit

  1. Update the .env file with the site, database and email configuration details.
  • Change working directory to "/var/www/snipeit/"
    cd /var/www/snipeit/
  • Make a copy of .env environmental file
    sudo cp .env.example .env
  • Open .env file with a text editor.
    sudo vi .env or sudo nano .env
  • Update the basic app settings. Replace the APP_URL with your domain (http://example.com).
    #--------------------------------------------
    # REQUIRED: BASIC APP SETTINGS
    # --------------------------------------------
    APP_ENV=production
    APP_DEBUG=false
    APP_KEY=ChangeMe
    APP_URL=http://127.0.0.1
    APP_TIMEZONE='UTC'
    APP_LOCALE=en
    MAX_RESULTS=500
  • Update the database settings. Replace the "DB_PASSWORD" placeholder with your MySQL snipeit user's password.
    # --------------------------------------------
    # REQUIRED: DATABASE SETTINGS
    # --------------------------------------------
    DB_CONNECTION=mysql
    DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
    DB_DATABASE=snipeit_db
    DB_USERNAME=snipeit_user
    DB_PASSWORD=<password>
    DB_PREFIX=null
    DB_DUMP_PATH='/usr/bin'
    DB_CHARSET=utf8mb4
    DB_COLLATION=utf8mb4_unicode_ci
  • Update the outgoing email server settings.
    # --------------------------------------------
    # REQUIRED: OUTGOING MAIL SERVER SETTINGS
    # --------------------------------------------
    MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
    MAIL_HOST=email-smtp.us-west-2.amazonaws.com
    MAIL_PORT=587
    MAIL_USERNAME=YOURUSERNAME
    MAIL_PASSWORD=YOURPASSWORD
    MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
    MAIL_FROM_ADDR=you@example.com
    MAIL_FROM_NAME='Snipe-IT'
    MAIL_REPLYTO_ADDR=you@example.com
    MAIL_REPLYTO_NAME='Snipe-IT'
    MAIL_AUTO_EMBED_METHOD='attachment'

    Example with Gmail. Required to enable “Less secure app” settings at Gmail and generate a password. "MAIL_REPLYTO_ADDR" only use to send the test email.

    # --------------------------------------------
    # REQUIRED: OUTGOING MAIL SERVER SETTINGS
    # --------------------------------------------
    MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
    MAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
    MAIL_PORT=587
    MAIL_USERNAME=your_username@gmail.com
    MAIL_PASSWORD=your_generated_password
    MAIL_ENCRYPTION=tls
    MAIL_FROM_ADDR=your_username@gmail.com
    MAIL_FROM_NAME=’ANY NAME’
    MAIL_REPLYTO_ADDR=reciver_email@domain.com
    MAIL_REPLYTO_NAME=’ANY NAME’
  • Save the changes and exit.

  1. Update folder permissions in the Snipe-IT root directory to the user of the Nginx.
    sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/snipeit/
    sudo chmod -R 755 storage public/uploads

  1. Download & Install composer.
  • Change working directory to your home directory for download the composer.
    cd /home/username
  • Download the composer.
    curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
  • Change working directory to the Snipe-IT install directory.
    cd /var/www/snipeit
  • For local composer installations.
    php composer.phar install --no-dev --prefer-source
  • For global composer installations.
    composer install --no-dev --prefer-source

  1. Generate an APP_Key for the .env file.
    sudo php artisan key:generate
  • Verify the generated APP_Key by opening the .env file and check "APP_KEY" value.
    cat /var/www/snipeit/.env
    or
    nano /var/www/snipeit/.env

  1. NGINX server configurations
  • Create a new site with your preferred name.

    sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/site_name
  • Add site content as follows, Replace Server Name to your Ubuntu Server’s IP address, root location to Snipe-IT installation directory public folder, and the PHP-FPM version (Ex: php-fpm7.4 as php7.4-fpm).

    server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;

    server_name 127.0.0.1;
    root /var/www/snipeit/public/;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/site_name.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/site_name.error.log;

    location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }
    location ~ \.php$ {
    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
    include fastcgi_params;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
    }
    }
  • Enable the new site.

    sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/site_name /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
  • Disable default site

    sudo unlink /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
  • Restart Nginx service

    sudo service nginx restart

  1. Snipe-IT pre-flight setup

Browse to IP address of your Ubuntu server and you should see the pre-flight page (http://example.com).