rConfig - Vector CM Manual Offline Installation

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rConfig Vector Central Manager (VCM) is a centralized management system for rConfig. It provides a centralized dashboard for managing multiple rConfig instances. This guide will walk you through the manual installation of rConfig Vector Central Manager. This guide should be followed as part of an onboarding session with rConfig support, and is primarily used by internal teams for review and internal server preperation.

OS Setup

🎯 Quick Requirements Check

System Requirements

Requirement	Supported Versions
Operating System	CentOS/RHEL/Rocky Linux 8.0+
Web Server	Apache 2.4+
Database Server	MariaDB 11+ • MySQL 5.7+ • PostgreSQL 13+ (Enterprise only)
PHP Version	8.4+ (strictly required)
Redis	5.0+
Message Queue	RabbitMQ 4+ (required)

📋 Manual Setup Steps

📋 System Preparation

Check OS Version: CentOS, RHEL, or Rocky Linux 8.0+
Disable SELinux & reboot (advanced users can skip)
Update system to latest packages

📦 Package Installation

Core tools: yum-utils, vim, zip, unzip, wget, curl
Security: openssl-devel, openssl, mod_ssl
Services: supervisord, redis, apache 2.4+, mariadb 11++/mysql5.7+, RabbitMQ 4+
PHP 8.4+: php, php-cli, php-gd, php-curl, php-mysql, php-ldap, php-zip, php-fileinfo, php-pear, php-mbstring, php-common, php-pdo, php-ldap, php-gmp, php-snmp

⚙️ Service Configuration

Set permissions: chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html
Start services: httpd, mariadb, redis, supervisord
Open firewall ports: 80, 443
Verify versions match requirements above
Run MySQL secure installation

⚠️ SELinux Notice

Beginners: Disable SELinux by editing /etc/selinux/config → set SELINUX=disabled → reboot
Advanced users: Configure SELinux policies for Vector CM and Apache

Manually Install rConfig

Make sure to follow the installation steps for new installations ONLY. Updates, see the update section below.

Download the latest rConfig Zip file from the rConfig website (replace APITOKEN with your API token)

 curl -sw '%{http_code}' -o vector_cm_customername_release.zip -d '{"api_token":"APITOKEN"}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST https://dl.rconfig.com/api/download-vector-cm-customername?=$(date +%s)

Create the following directories:

currentReleaseDir=$(date '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S')
mkdir /var/www/html/rconfigcm
mkdir /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases
mkdir /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir
mkdir /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData

If required, copy the previously downloaded zip file to the offline server. Unzip the file to /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir

unzip download-vector-cm-customername.zip -d /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir/
cd /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir/
mv customername-vector-cm-main/{,.[^.]}* .

From the newly created releases directory copy the following files:

cp /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir/.env.example  /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData/.env
cp /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir/horizon_supervisor.ini  /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData/horizon_supervisor.ini
cp /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir/rconfig-vhost.conf  /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData/rconfig-vhost.conf
cp -r /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir/storage  /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData/storage
mv /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir/storage  /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir/storage_old

Delete the zip file

    cd /var/www/html/
    rm -f download-vector-cm-customername.zip

Create a symlink to the current release directory

  ln -s /var/www/html/rconfigcm/releases/$currentReleaseDir /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current

Create a symlink to the persistentData directory. This command creates a symbolic link (soft link) named storage inside the /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current/ directory that points to the directory /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData
Terminal window
```
    ln -s /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData/storage  /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current/storage
```

Create symlink for .env file

    ln -s /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData/.env /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current/.env

Create a new database in mysql

mysql -u root -p
create database rconfig;
exit

change to current directory
Terminal window
```
    cd /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current
```

Edit the .env file and replace the follow placeholder text with the correct values for each of the following:

    vim .env

    ENVOY_HOSTNAME=SERVER.YOUHOSTNAME.COM
    ENVOY_APP_DEBUG=false
    ENVOY_APP_URL=https://YOUHOSTNAME.COM
    ENVOY_DBHOST=localhost (if local)
    ENVOY_DBPORT=3306
    ENVOY_DBNAME=rconfig
    ENVOY_DBUSER=
    ENVOY_DBPASS=
    ENVOY_RCONFIG_API_TOKEN=

    RABBITMQ_HOST="servername.rconfig.com"
    RABBITMQ_PORT="5672"
    RABBITMQ_USER="guest"
    RABBITMQ_PASS="guest"
    RABBITMQ_VHOST="/"

Edit the supervisor config file (persistentData/horizon_supervisor.ini) and replace the follow placeholder text with the correct values for each of the following:

    vi /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData/horizon_supervisor.ini

    ENVOY_ARTISAN = /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current/artisan
    ENVOY_STORAGE = /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current/storage

Link the supervisor config file to the supervisor config directory

    ln -s /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData/horizon_supervisor.ini /etc/supervisord.d/horizon_supervisor.ini

Setup apache to use the rconfig.conf file, if required.

    cp /var/www/html/rconfigcm/persistentData/rconfig-vhost.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/rconfig-vhost.conf

Edit the apache config file (rconfig-vhost.conf) and replace the follow placeholder text with the correct values for each of the following:

    vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/rconfig-vhost.conf

    ENVOY_SERVERNAME=YOUHOSTNAME.COM
    ENVOY_SERVERALIAS=YOUHOSTNAME.COM
    ENVOY_DOCROOT=/var/www/html/rconfigcm/

Add the laravel Cron Job

    crontab -e
    * * * * *  php /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
    # save and exit
    # verify cron with 'crontab -l'

Reset dir permissions

    chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/rconfigcm
    chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current/storage

Migrate the DB files. If any errors here, check your DB credentials in the .env file
Terminal window
```
    cd /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current
    php artisan migrate
```

Run the following setup commands for laravel horizon

    php artisan config:clear
    php artisan key:generate
    # php artisan passport:install
    php artisan rconfig:clear-all
    php artisan nova:user
    chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/rconfigcm
    chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/rconfigcm/current/storage

Restart the following services:
- httpd
- mariadb
- supervisord
Verify that the following services are running and versions are correct;
- httpd 2.4+
- mariadb 10.3+/ Mysql5.7+
- redis 5.0+
- php 8.4+
- supervisord 4.0+
- Rabbit MQ 4+
Verify that the following ports are open:
- 80
- 443
Check the install has completed, by open the rConfig web interface in a browser and login with the default credentials:
- Username: [email protected]
- Password: admin

Manually Update rConfig

To manually update rConfig, follow the steps below: