Running LibreNMS in Docker on Ubuntu Server 🌱

What is LibreNMS

LibreNMS is an autodiscovering PHP/MySQL/SNMP based network monitoring which includes support for a wide range of network hardware and operating systems including Cisco, Linux, FreeBSD, Juniper, Brocade, Foundry, HP and many more. -https://github.com/librenms/librenms

Installing Docker

  1. Log into the Linux based device
  2. Run the following commands in the terminal
    # install prerequisites
    sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y
    # add docker gpg key
    curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
    # add docker software repository
    sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
    # install docker
    sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y
    # enable and start docker service
    sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker
    # add the current user to the docker group
    sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
    # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
    su - $USER

Running LibreNMS

  1. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the LibreNMS Docker container and run it
    # create working directories
    mkdir /home/$USER/docker/librenms -p && mkdir /home/$USER/docker/mariadb -p
    # run the mariadb docker container
    docker run --name mariadb -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=p@$$word -e MYSQL_USER=librenms_rw -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=librenms -e MYSQL_DATABASE=librenms -v /home/$USER/docker/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql -p 3306:3306 -d mariadb
    # run the librenms docker container, replace 10.10.27.11 with your docker host IP address
    docker run -d --name librenms -v /home/$USER/docker/librenms:/data -e TZ=America/New_York -e DB_HOST=10.10.27.11 -e DB_NAME=librenms -e DB_USER=librenms_rw -e DB_PASSWORD=librenms --network host librenms/librenms:latest
  2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000
  3. Login to LibreNMS with username librenms and password librenms
  4. Welcome to LibreNMS running in a Docker container
  5. Hover over librenms in the top right > My Settings
  6. Enter the current password (librenms) and enter and confirm a new password > Click the Change Password button

Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/librenms/librenms/