Quick Install

Prerequisites

1. Hardware - There are no minimum specifications. If the hardware can run RHEL 8, then it can run NiDB.

2. RHEL 8 compatible - NiDB runs only on RHEL8 compatible (CentOS 8, Rocky Linux 8, AlmaLinux 8).

3. FSL - Install FSL from https://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsl/fslwiki/FslInstallation After installation, note the location of FSL, usually /usr/local/fsl/bin. Or try these commands to install FSL.

   1. wget https://fsl.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fsldownloads/fslinstaller.py # this may work

   2. yum install python2

   3. python2 fslinstaller.py

4. firejail - firejail is used to run user-defined scripts in a sandboxed environment. Install firejail from https://firejail.wordpress.com/

   • rpm -i firejail-x.y.z.rpm

5. OS packages - yum install epel-release for repo for ImageMagick

Install NiDB

1. Download the latest .rpm package

2. yum --nogpgcheck localinstall nidb-xxxx.xx.xx-1.el8.x86_64.rpm

3. Secure the MariaDB installation by running sudo mysql_secure_installation and using the following responses

    Enter current password for root (enter for none):
    Change the root password? [Y/n] n
    Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] Y
    Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] Y
    Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] Y
    Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] Y

1. Finish Setup - Use Firefox to view http://localhost/setup.php . Follow instructions on the page to configure the server

   • The setup page must be accessed from localhost -or- the config file must be manually edited to include the IP address of the computer you are using the access setup.php.

   • Edit /nidb/nidb.cfg and add your IP address (comma separated list) to the [setupips] config variable. It should look something like [setupips] 127.0.0.1, 192.168.0.1 depending on the IP(s)