How To Install osTicket in Ubuntu. How To Setup Help Desk Support System in Ubuntu For Beginners.

In this article, I will explain to you the installation of the osTicketing System. So Friends as you know osTicket is an Open Source Helpdesk Support System which is used worldwide. We can manage and organize customer inquiries and complaints in one place. It provides us a user-friendly environment so it becomes very easy to manage the osTicket system.

What is the osTicketing System?

Ans. – osTicket is a widely-used open source support ticket system. It seamlessly integrates inquiries created via email, phone, and web-based forms into a simple easy-to-use multi-user web interface. Manage, organize, and archive all your support requests and responses in one place while providing your customers with the accountability and responsiveness they deserve.

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Prerequisites To Install osTicket –

• PHP 5.6 for Windows Server 64-bit
• MariaDB 5.5 for Windows Server 64-bit
• PHP Manager for IIS

Steps To Install osTicket in Ubuntu

Update the Ubuntu System with the latest updates and requirements –

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo apt update

 

Install Maria database Server

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo apt install mariadb-server

 

Now secure your database

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo mysql_secure_installation

 

To Login as Normal user, change the authenticate plugin

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo mysql -u root

UPDATE mysql.user SET plugin = 'mysql_native_password' WHERE User = 'root';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

QUIT;

 

Log in as Normal User

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # mysql -u root –p

Enter password: Enter password

Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MariaDB connection id is 56

Server version: 10.3.22-MariaDB-1ubuntu1 Ubuntu




Create a Database for osTicket And set a user for accessing the Database

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE osticket_db;

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON osticket_db.* TO username@localhost MariaDB [(none)]> IDENTIFIED BY "PuTstr0ngP@sSw0rdHeRe";

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

MariaDB [(none)]> QUIT;

 

Install Apache server in Ubuntu

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo apt install apache2

 

Start service of Apache and enable its service for permanent

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo systemctl start apache2

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo systemctl enable apache2

 

Again Update Your  Ubuntu Server

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo apt update

 

Now Install PHP and other requirements of PHP

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo apt-get install php php-{fpm,pear,imap,apcu,intl,cgi,common,mbstring,net-socket,gd,xml-util,mysql,bcmath}

 

Check te version of PHP

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- #php -v

PHP 7.4.3 (cli) (built: Mar 26 2020 20:24:23) ( NTS )

Copyright (c) The PHP Group

Zend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

with Zend OPcache v7.4.3, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

 

Install curl, wget, and unzip

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo apt-get install curl wget unzip

 

Now download osTicket using curl

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/osTicket/osTicket/releases/latest \

| grep browser_download_url \

| grep "browser_download_url" \

| cut -d '"' -f 4 \

| wget -i -

 

Unzip osTicket in a Desired Folder/directory

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # unzip osTicket-v*.zip -d osTicket

 

Check whether osTicket is correctly installed

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # cd osTicket

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # ls osTicket

scripts  upload

 

Move osTicket directory to /var/www/

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- #sudo mv osTicket /var/www/

 

Change directory to /var/www/osTicket/upload/include

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # cd /var/www/osTicket/upload/include

 

Create osTicket configuration file

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine-/var/www/osTicket/upload/include# sudo cp ost-sampleconfig.php ost-config.php

 

Create a virtualhosting file for osTicket

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/osticket.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerAdmin admin@example.com

DocumentRoot /var/www/osTicket/upload

ServerName osticket.linuxkings.com

ServerAlias www.osticket.linuxkings.com

<Directory /var/www/osTicket/>

Options FollowSymlinks

AllowOverride All

Require all granted

</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/osticket_error.log

CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/osticket_access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

 

Check whether the syntax is written correct or wrong

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo apachectl -t

Syntax OK

 

Now restart the service of apache

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo systemctl restart apache2

Now when you will refresh your browser you will see an image and at botton of the page you notice something like this –

Your osTicket URL:                                                                Your Staff Control Panel:

http://192.168.40.147/                                                            http://192.168.40.147/scp

 

Now  click on the osTicket URL:

http://192.168.40.147 ( in my case )

Now you will see a new webpage saying that Thank For Choosing osTicket!

All the requirements/prerequisites of osTicket are completed, now you can move forward.

 

 

 

 

So here click on the Continue and go ahead.

Now it shows an error message like this  –

 

 

 

To handle this error you must copy the command written below CLI: and paste it to the following location

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- #cd /var/www/osTicket/upload

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine-/var/www/osTicket/uploaf/include# cp include/ost-sampleconfig.php include/ost-config.php

( check image below )

 

 

Now again click on the Continue. And again you will see an error showing  “Configuration file is writable”.

To solve this error again copy the command mentioned below the CLI: and paste it in the same directory.

( Check the image below)

 

 

Give the required permission to the osTicket config file

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # chmod 0644 /var/www/osTicket/upload/include/ost-config.php

 

Now-Again restart service of Apache

root@LinuxKings-virtual-machine:- # sudo systemctl restart apache2

 

Now you will be redirected to the osTicket Basic Installation webpage.

Here you must have filled your basic details like you Helpdesk Name, Default Email, Admin details, and also the database setting.

So fill these details carefully. You can also modify these details after logging in.

 

 

Once you have filled the basic installation details now you can press Install Now and move forward.

After clicking on Install now you will be transferred to a new webpage which will be like the image shown below.

 

Now on this page click on Sign In ( click on the top right)

Now you will go to the login page of osTicket.

Here you can guest login or you can also log in as  Agent Login

if you admin then I recommend you log in as Agent.

After successful login, you can manage all of your data related to osTicket.

 

 

So friends this is all about what is osTicket. How to install osTicket in Ubuntu. Friends, if you have doubts or any queries with this post then don’t hesitate to contact me. And if you have any suggestions for me then please write to me in the comment box. If you like my posts please share it with your friends.