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Note

These are instructions for flex.bi Enterprise 6.0 and later. For earlier version please contact flex.bi support.

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Note

Versions mentioned here are current as of 2021.03.24 - they might of course change in the future.

Software Installation

The following are instructions for flex.bi Enterprise and the required software installation on Centos 8 operating system.

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  • Open the port 8080 in your firewall to allow remote access to the flex.bi server:
    • Run the following command to open the port 8080:

      Code Block
      firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=8080/tcp


    • Run the following command to reload the firewall:

      Code Block
      firewall-cmd --reload


    • Run the following command to check if the port is open:

      Code Block
      firewall-cmd --list-ports


Google Chrome

  • If you have installed and configured PhantomJS for previous flex.bi enterprise versions then remove PhantomJS settings from the eazybi.toml file by deleting the following lines:

    Code Block
    [phantomjs]location = "..."


  • Run the following command to enable Google YUM repository:

    Code Block
    cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
    [google-chrome]
    name=google-chrome - \$basearch
    baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/\$basearch
    enabled=1
    gpgcheck=1
    gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
    EOF


  • Run the following command to install the package:

    Code Block
    yum install google-chrome-stable


  • After you have installed Google Chrome, please restart flex.bi enterprise. During the startup, flex.bi will detect installed Google Chrome and will start to use it for PDF exports. 

    Note

    For additional information regarding Google Chrome installation please see Google Chrome installation instructions.



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Note

Make sure there is enough (and any for that matter) swap space available and set the swappiness setting to 1. See this manual for CentOS.

Run the flex.bi server

Finally, now you can start the flex.bi service using this code:

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Configure the database connection in the wizard that should open once you connect for the first time using the database parameters from above.


Note

There are many tutorials on how to use systemd out there, such as this one from Digital Ocean.

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