Bold BI Installation and Deployment on Ubuntu

Deployment prerequisites

  1. You need access to a Linux server with a standard user account that has sudo privileges.

  2. Install Nginx by running the following commands:

    sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install nginx

  3. Install zip by running the command:

    sudo apt-get install zip

  4. Install the GDIPlus package using this command:

    sudo apt-get install libgdiplus

  5. If the openssl conf path does not exist, add it to the environment by running:

    export OPENSSL_CONF=/etc/ssl/

Configuring the Bold BI application

  1. Register and download the Bold BI Linux package from this link.

  2. Download the Bold BI Linux package by running the following command:

    sudo wget {Bold BI Linux package link}

  3. Extract the zip file by running:

    sudo unzip {Bold BI Linux package zip file}

  4. Change the directory to the BoldBIEnterpriseEdition-Linux with this command:

    cd BoldBIEnterpriseEdition-Linux

  5. Deploy Bold BI on your Linux machine by executing the following command:

    sudo bash install-boldbi.sh -i {new} -u {user} -h {host URL} -n {true or false}

  • i : Installation type (new or upgrade)

  • u : User or group managing the service (make sure the user exists on your Linux server)

  • h : Domain or IP address with HTTP protocol

  • n : n: Set to “true” to automatically configure Bold BI with Nginx front-end server

    IMPORTANT: If you have existing applications running on Nginx, set “-n” to false and configure the Nginx manually. 

    Example for new installation:

    sudo bash install-boldbi.sh -i new -u www-data -h http://linux.example.com -n true

Once the installation is complete, open the host URL in your browser and continue with the application startup.

Manually Configure Nginx

To configure Nginx as a reverse proxy for Bold BI, modify /etc/nginx/sites-available/default. Open the file in a text editor and add the following code.

#server {
#listen 80;
#server_name example.com;
#return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
#}

server {
		listen        80 default_server;
		
		#server_name   example.com;
		
		#listen 443 ssl;
		#ssl on;
		#ssl_certificate /path/to/certificate/file/domain.crt;
		#ssl_certificate_key /path/to/key/file/domain.key;
		
		proxy_read_timeout 300;
		proxy_connect_timeout 300;
		proxy_send_timeout 300;
		send_timeout 300;
		client_max_body_size 200M;

	location / { 
        root               /var/www/boldbi-embedded/boldbi/idp/web/wwwroot;
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:6500/;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection keep-alive;
        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
		fastcgi_buffers    16 16k;
		fastcgi_buffer_size 32k;
    }
	location /api {
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:6501/api;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection keep-alive;
        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
		proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
	location /ums {
        root               /var/www/boldbi-embedded/boldbi/idp/ums/wwwroot;
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:6502/ums;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection keep-alive;
        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
	location /ums/signalr/progresshub { 
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:6502/ums/signalr/progresshub;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
	location /bi { 
		root               /var/www/boldbi-embedded/boldbi/bi/web/wwwroot;
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:6504/bi;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection keep-alive;
        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
	location /bi/messageHub { 
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:6504/bi/messageHub;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
	location /bi/api {
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:6505/bi/api;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection keep-alive;
        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
	location /bi/jobs {
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:6506/bi/jobs;
		proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection keep-alive;
        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
	location /bi/designer {
        root               /var/www/boldbi-embedded/boldbi/bi/designer/wwwroot;
        proxy_pass         http://localhost:6507;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header   Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   Connection keep-alive;
        proxy_set_header   Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
	location /bi/designer/helper {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:6507/bi/designer/helper;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header   X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

After configuring Nginx, run sudo nginx -t to verify the syntax of the configuration files. If the test is successful, force Nginx to pick up the changes by running sudo nginx -s reload.

Configure SSL

If you have an SSL certificate for your domain and want to configure the site with it, follow these steps (or skip if not applicable):

  1. Uncomment the marked lines in the Nginx config file.

    ssl configuration uncomment

  2. Comment the marked line in the Nginx config file.

    ssl configuration comment

  3. Replace example.com with your domain name.

  4. Define the path of the SSL certificate: ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/domain.crt.

  5. Specify the directory where the SSL certificate key is located: ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/domain.key.

  6. Save the changes and run sudo nginx -t to verify the syntax of the configuration file. If the test is successful, force Nginx to pick up the changes by running sudo nginx -s reload.

NOTE: If you are configuring the application with SSL, update the URLs in product.json with HTTPS located in /var/www/boldbi-embedded/boldbi/app_data/configuration.

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