Hi,
> On Jul 12, 2017, at 02:57, Muralidhar BG <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>
> Where in the documentation does it say that?
>
>
> Link:
> https://packetfence.org/doc/PacketFence_Administration_Guide.html#_system_requirements
>
> <https://packetfence.org/doc/PacketFence_Administration_Guide.html#_system_requirements>
>
> Under section 3.1:
> "In this guide, we assume that all those components are running on the same
> server (i.e., "localhost" or "127.0.0.1") that PacketFence will be installed
> on.
Mmm...
That is somewhat ambiguous, I admit.
This is meant to indicate that while in some configuration the services may be
decoupled and run on separate servers/VMs, for the purposes of the guide they
are assumed to all run on the same host.
You are not meant to install them. Installing the packetfence package will take
care of that as you have found.
>>
>> What I have observed is that if I do not install these dependencies before
>> have the packetfence package installs them. But then again I get an error
>> message with mysql after installation (as mentioned in my initial email)
>
> That is the point of using a package manager such as yum.
>
>
> I understand how a package manager works. But the problem I am facing is
> starting the mysql instace once packetfence is installed. I used the command:
>
> $ sudo systemctl start mysqld
>
> I got the following error: Failed to start mysqld.service: Unit is masked.
>
> What is the first thing I need to do right after installing packetfence to
> view the web configuration page?
You don't have to start mysql.
Just start configuring by logging on to the configurator web app at
https://$HOST:1443/ <https://$host:1443/>
See section 9 here:
https://packetfence.org/doc/PacketFence_Administration_Guide.html#_configuration
<https://packetfence.org/doc/PacketFence_Administration_Guide.html#_configuration>
Don't overthink this.
You are meant to just install the packetfence package.
Systemd will start the required services on it's own.
Regards,
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