This section helps you to deploy Bold BI in Linux without manually activating licensing and configuring startup from the browser. This also helps us to customize the branding using environment variables.
| Steps | Ubuntu | Centos |
| 1. | Install Nginx sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nginx | Install Nginx |
| 2. | Install zip. sudo apt-get install zip | Install zip. sudo yum install zip |
| 3. | Install GDIPlus package using the following command. sudo apt-get install libgdiplus | Install GDIPlus package using the following command. sudo yum install libgdiplus |
| 4. | Install pv tool by running below command. sudo apt-get install pv | Install pv tool by running below command. sudo yum install pv |
| 5. | Add an openssl conf path in the environment, if does not exist. export OPENSSL_CONF=/etc/ssl/ | Add an openssl conf path in the environment, if does not exist. export OPENSSL_CONF=/etc/ssl/ |
Register and download the Bold BI Linux package from here.
Download the Bold BI Linux package by running the following command.
sudo wget {Bold BI Linux package link}Extract the zip file.
sudo unzip {Bold BI Linux package zip file}Change the directory to the BoldBIEnterpriseEdition-Linux by running the following command.
cd BoldBIEnterpriseEdition-LinuxExecute the following command to deploy Bold BI in your Linux machine.
sudo bash install-boldbi.sh -i {new} -u {user} -h {host URL} -n {true} -license {License Key} -databasetype {databasetype} -databasehost {Database server name} -databaseport {database port} -maintaindb {default database} -databaseuser {database username} -databasepwd {database password} -databasename {database name} -email {email address} -emailpwd {Password} -mainlogo {main logo} -loginlogo {login logo} -emaillogo {email logo} -favicon {header logo} -footerlogo {footer logo} -sitename {site name} -siteidentifier {site identifier}The following variable is necessary to configure a startup application on the backend.
| Name | Requried | Description |
| i | Yes | Installation type - Specifies either it is a new or upgrade installation. |
| u | Yes | Installation type - Specifies either it is a new or upgrade installation. |
| h | Yes | Domain or IP address of the machine with http protocol. |
| n | Yes | Setting this to “true” will automatically configure the Bold BI with Nginx front-end server. |
| license | Yes | License key of Bold BI |
| databasetype | Yes | Type of database server can be used for configuring the Bold BI. The following DB types are accepted: 1. mssql – Microsoft SQL Server/Azure SQL Database 2. postgresql – PostgreSQL Server 3. mysql – MySQL/MariaDB Server |
| databasehost | Yes | Name of the Database Server |
| databaseport | No | The system will use the following default port numbers based on the database server type. PostgrSQL – 5234 MySQL -3306 Please specify the port number for your database server if it is configured on a different port. For MS SQL Server, this parameter is not necessary. |
| maintaindb | No |
For PostgreSQL DB Servers, this is an optional parameter. The system will use the database name postgres by default. If your database server uses a different default database, please provide it here. |
| databaseuser | Yes |
Username for the database server Please refer to this documentation for information on the user's permissions. |
| databasepwd | Yes | The database user's password |
| databasename | No | If the database name is not specified, the system will create a new database called bold services. If you specify a database name, it should already exist on the server. |
| Yes | It should be a valid email. | |
| emailpwd | Yes | It should meet our password requirements. |
| emailpwd | Yes | It should meet our password requirements. |
| mainlogo loginlogo emaillogo favicon footerlogo | Yes |
If you want to upload the custom image as a logo of the site, you can use these variables. If this environment variable is not present, Bold BI will use its default logo. Type : URL Example : https://cdn.boldbi.com/wp/pages/boldbi-header-menu-logo.svg Format : png, svg, jpg, jpeg Note: Enter the image URL for all the variables. If the value is given to any of the variables, you must consider other variables also a required field. |
| sitename | Yes | If you want to customize the site name, enter the site name as a value. The default site name is Bold BI Enterprise Dashboards |
| siteidentifier | Yes | If you want to customize the identifier name, enter the identifier name as a value. The default identifier name is site1 |
Example for silent installation,
sudo bash install-boldbi.sh -i new -u root -h http://linux.example.com -n true -license Bold_BI_license_key -databasetype postgresql localhost -maintaindb defaultdb -databaseuser doadmin -databasepwd boldbi@123 -databasename testing -databaseport 25060 -email admin@boldbi.com -emailpwd Admin@123 -mainlogo https://cdn.boldbi.com/wp/pages/boldbi-header-menu-logo.svg -loginlogo https://cdn.boldbi.com/wp/pages/boldbi-header-menu-logo.svg -emaillogo https://cdn.boldbi.com/wp/pages/boldbi-header-menu-logo.svg -favicon https://cdn.boldbi.com/wp/pages/boldbi-header-menu-logo.svg -footerlogo https://cdn.boldbi.com/wp/pages/boldbi-header-menu-logo.svg -sitename Autodeployment -siteidentifier Branding