This page explains how to install Skedler Reports dependencies, download and install Skedler, get the service up and running on your Debian or Ubuntu system, and also describes the installation package details.

Install Pre-requisites

sudo apt-get -y update
sudo apt-get install -y libfontconfig1 libxcomposite1 libxdamage1 libcups2 libasound2 libxrandr2 libxfixes3 libnss3 libnss3-dev libxkbcommon-dev libgbm-dev libxshmfence-dev libatk1.0-0 libatk-bridge2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 gcc make

Install .deb package

Download the latest skedler-xg.deb file and extract it.  If you have previously installed the .deb package, remove it before installing the latest version.  

curl -LO https://web-api.skedler.com/downloads/latest/skedler-xg.deb
sudo dpkg -i skedler-xg.deb

Install .tar.gz package

Download the latest skedler-xg.tar.gz file and extract it.

curl -LO https://web-api.skedler.com/downloads/latest/skedler-xg.tar.gz
sudo tar xzf skedler-xg.tar.gz
cd skedler-xg
sudo chmod -R 777 *

Configure your options for Skedler

Skedler Reports has a number of configuring options that can be defined in its reporting.yml file (located in the skedler folder).  In the reporting.yml file, you can configure options to run Skedler in an air-gapped environment, change the port number, define the hostname, change the location for the Skedler database, and log files.  

Read more about the reporting.yml configuration options.  

Start Skedler for .deb

To start Skedler, the command is:

sudo service skedler start

To check status, the command is:

sudo service skedler status

To stop Skedler. the command is:

sudo service skedler stop

Start Skedler for .tar.gz 

To run Skedler manually, the command is:

sudo bin/skedler

To run Skedler as a service, the commands are:

sudo ./install_as_service.sh

To start Skedler, the command is:

sudo service skedler start

To check status, the command is:

sudo service skedler status

To stop Skedler. the command is:

sudo service skedler stop

Access Skedler Reports

The default URL for accessing Skedler Reports is:

http://localhost:3005/ 

If you had made configuration changes in the reporting.yml, then the Skedler URL is of the following format:

http://<hostname or your domainurl>:3005 

or 

http://<hostname or your domain url>:<port number>

Login to Skedler Reports

By default, we will Create an account and you will be redirected to the Login page. 

Sign in using the following credentials:

Username: [email protected]   (or the email address you configured in reporting.yml)
Password: admin   (or the password you configured in reporting.yml)

Click Sign in.  

You will see the Reports Dashboard after logging in to the skedler account.   

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