documentation:2.0:applications:glpi
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# GLPI

## Presentation

GLPI is the Information Resource-Manager with an additional Administration- Interface. You can use it to build up a database with an inventory for your company (computer, software, printers...). It has enhanced functions to make the daily life for the administrators easier, like a job-tracking-system with mail-notification and methods to build a database with basic information about your network-topology.

## Configuration

For GLPI >= 0.71, it is a simple configuration in GLPI: Setup → Authentication. In “External authentications” click “Others” and in “Field holding the login in the _SERVER array” select “REMOTE_USER”

For older version, check http://wiki.glpi-project.org/doku.php?id=en:authautoad

If you use Nginx, you need to add this in configuration:

    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $http_host;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;