https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/ 2026-04-21T10:14:14+00:00 https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/ https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2019-12-23T10:27:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/18_install_ubuntu_coovachilli?rev=1577096849&do=diff Install CoovaChilli on Ubuntu 18.04 Introduction * RADIUSdesk can function perfectly without CoovaChilli. * CoovaChilli however is the best open source captive portal software around. * If you want to install CoovaChilli on a machine; make sure that there are at least two functional network cards present text/html 2019-12-19T13:56:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/18_install_ubuntu_dynamic_login?rev=1576763816&do=diff Install Dynamic Login Pages Background * The Dynamic Login Page is a mobile first login page. * The following captive portals are supported: * CoovaChilli * Mikrotik * Our pages are Webix based. * You can discover more about the Webix library here: text/html 2019-12-20T20:12:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/18_install_ubuntu_freeradius_3?rev=1576872744&do=diff Installing FreeRADIUS version 3.x * Ubuntu 18.04 now comes with a FreeRADIUS 3.x release. * Install FreeRADIUS and MySQL module. sudo apt-get install libdatetime-perl sudo apt-get install freeradius freeradius-mysql # Answer yes to install these with their dependencies # Please note that when this package is installed there are some things generated that can take up lots of time on slower machines. text/html 2019-12-19T10:27:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/18_install_ubuntu_nginx?rev=1576751267&do=diff Installing RADIUSdesk on Ubuntu 18.04 using Nginx Background * Nginx is a web server that seems to have overtaken Apache in terms of popularity and number of active sites on the Internet today. * It is fresh, lightweight, fast, scales well and is able to take a lot of load without overwhelming your system. text/html 2019-12-23T10:25:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/18_install_ubuntu_node_js?rev=1577096740&do=diff Install Node.js on Ubuntu 18.04 Introduction * Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. * Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices. text/html 2021-06-15T20:10:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/20_install_ubuntu_coovachilli?rev=1623787817&do=diff Install CoovaChilli on Ubuntu 20.04 Introduction * RADIUSdesk can function perfectly without CoovaChilli. * CoovaChilli however is the best open source captive portal software around. * If you want to install CoovaChilli on a machine; make sure that there are at least two functional network cards present text/html 2022-01-14T12:14:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/20_install_ubuntu_freeradius_3?rev=1642162484&do=diff Installing FreeRADIUS version 3.x on Ubuntu 20.04 Introduction * Ubuntu 20.04 now comes with a FreeRADIUS 3.x release. * Install FreeRADIUS and MySQL module. sudo apt-get install libdatetime-perl sudo apt-get install freeradius freeradius-mysql # Answer yes to install these with their dependencies # Please note that when this package is installed there are some things generated that can take up lots of time on slower machines. text/html 2022-06-10T08:25:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/20_install_ubuntu_mqtt?rev=1654849541&do=diff MQTT Real-time Support for MESHdesk and APdesk Install Mosquitto * Install the Mosquitto MQTT Broker as per these fine instructions: * <https://www.vultr.com/docs/install-mosquitto-mqtt-broker-on-ubuntu-20-04-server/> * Make sure you do Step 3 to secure the it with usernames and passwords. * In this document we use username and password of text/html 2022-01-14T11:09:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/20_install_ubuntu_nginx?rev=1642158565&do=diff Installing RADIUSdesk on Ubuntu 20.04 using Nginx Skills Required to Install To install RADIUSdesk you need sufficient knowledge and experience on Linux to: * Install the Linux operating system * Edit text files from the terminal using a text editor like text/html 2016-05-29T14:11:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/app_windows_and_panels?rev=1464531097&do=diff Working Inside the Applets RADIUSdesk comprises of a interconnected set of applets to manage your WiFi system. Once you know your way in one applet it will be easy to get to know the next as features are similar across the applets. Applet Windows and Panels text/html 2021-02-03T09:27:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/getting_started?rev=1612344447&do=diff Getting Started * RADIUSdesk now features a Setup Wizard to get you up and running in no time. * After you created a site using the Setup Wizard you can simply start to point RADIUS Clients to the RADIUSdesk server. * In this page we will assume you have an installation of CoovaChilli which you want to point to a RADIUSdesk server. text/html 2019-12-10T10:16:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/install_ubuntu_coovachilli_1_5?rev=1575972980&do=diff Install CoovaChilli on Ubuntu 16.04 Introduction * RADIUSdesk can function perfectly without CoovaChilli. * CoovaChilli is however the best open source captive portal software around. * If you want to install CoovaChilli on a machine; make sure that there are at least two functional network cards present text/html 2016-10-20T12:07:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/install_ubuntu_coovachilli?rev=1476965235&do=diff Install CoovaChilli on Ubuntu 14.04 Introduction * RADIUSdesk can function perfectly without CoovaChilli. * CoovaChilli is however the best open source captive portal software around. * If you want to install CoovaChilli on a machine; make sure that there are at least two functional network cards present text/html 2017-05-21T19:08:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/install_ubuntu_dynamic_login?rev=1495393728&do=diff Install Dynamic Login Pages Background * The Dynamic Login Page is a mobile first login page. * The following captive portals are supported: * CoovaChilli * Mikrotik * Ruckus * Our pages are Webix based. * You can discover more about the Webix library here: text/html 2017-04-06T07:46:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/install_ubuntu_freeradius_3?rev=1491464774&do=diff Installing FreeRADIUS version 3.x * Ubuntu is still sticking with FreeRADIUS version 2.x even with the 16.04 LTS release. * Fortunately adding the repository with the version 3.x packages of FreeRADIUS is a snap and super easy. * <https://launchpad.net/~freeradius/+archive/ubuntu/stable-3.0> * Add the Personal Package Archive (PPA) for the version 3 of FreeRADIUS. text/html 2017-04-06T08:32:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/install_ubuntu_freeradius_upgrade?rev=1491467546&do=diff Upgrade FreeRADIUS to 3.0.13 Background * It came to our attention that the version of FreeRADIUS which is available on the Personal Package Archive (PPA) repository has the following bug: <http://lists.freeradius.org/pipermail/freeradius-users/2016-October/085317.html> * Please follow these instructions either when you do a clean install of a RADIUSdesk system, or if you have an existing server that needs to be upgraded. text/html 2017-07-06T19:17:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/install_ubuntu_nginx?rev=1499368636&do=diff Installing RADIUSdesk on Ubuntu 16.04 using Nginx Background * Nginx is a web server that is gaining a lot of popularity today. * It is fresh, lightweight, fast, scales well and is able to take a lot of load without overwhelming your system. * text/html 2016-10-20T11:37:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/install_ubuntu_node_js?rev=1476963445&do=diff Install Node.js on Ubuntu 16.04 Introduction * Node.js is part of the next generation web servers that is small; fast and super efficient. * Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices. text/html 2017-04-06T09:27:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/install_ubuntu_update_17_0_1?rev=1491470878&do=diff Upgrading VM 2017-0-1 * There has been some bugs which were identified in the 2017-0-1 VM. * These instructions will help to update your VM to include fixes for these bugs. * Always remember to make a backup of your VM before you start to be prepared when disaster strikes. text/html 2017-06-14T10:59:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/install_ubuntu_update?rev=1497437989&do=diff Update a RADIUSdesk install on Ubuntu 16.04 * We assume you have an existing install on Ubuntu 16.04 which you want to update. Be carefull when updating production systems since the RADIUSdesk code is under constant development very new bits of code might still have bugs which can break things. text/html 2022-06-10T04:05:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/install?rev=1654833919&do=diff Install RADIUSdesk RADIUSdesk is typically installed in one of two ways: * Download and import as a virtual machine. (Have a working RADIUS server in less than 10 minutes!) * From source. (Takes roughly 1-2 hours) ---------- Download and import as a virtual machine text/html 2017-03-14T21:30:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/rd_capacity?rev=1489527031&do=diff RADIUSdesk Capacity Planning Introduction * One of the questions which often comes up is how much users / devices can RADIUSdesk support. * There are not a simple straight forward answer and thus we will break it up in two main sections and discuss it further. text/html 2016-12-05T12:12:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/rd_versus_rdhl?rev=1480939955&do=diff RADIUSdesk and RadiusDeskHosted RADIUSdesk is an Open Source WiFi Management Solution. This means that programmers can see the code and modify the software to their needs. Technical users can download the software and build their own Open Source server from Sourceforge.net. text/html 2016-05-18T08:09:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/the_webtop_interface?rev=1463558961&do=diff The RADIUSdesk Getting Started Logging In Type your RADIUSdesk url into the menu bar of your browser. I will use <http://rd01.wificity.asia/> as a sample. The first screen you will see is a log-in screen. Go ahead and enter your Username and Password to log in. Home Screen text/html 2022-06-02T18:08:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/getting_started/update?rev=1654193308&do=diff Update RADIUSdesk * To update a recent install (Github Repo) of RADIUSdesk # CD to the install directory of RADIUSdesk cd /var/www/rdcore # Do a Git Pull sudo git pull * Apply the SQL patches. * The SQL patches are located under /var/www/html/cake3/rd_cake/setup/db/