Installing Dolibarr on Alpine Linux Latest

Dolibarr is an open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) software. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Dolibarr on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before getting started, you’ll have to make sure that:

• You have sudo access or logged in as the root user.
• Alpine Linux Latest is installed on your system.

Step 1: Update the Packages and Install Required Dependencies

First, let’s update the package manager and install the required dependencies. Open up the terminal and run the following commands:

sudo apk update
sudo apk upgrade
sudo apk add apache2 mariadb mariadb-client php7 php7-apache2 php7-json php7-xml php7-pdo php7-pdo_mysql php7-session php7-gd php7-curl php7-zip libressl2.7-libcrypto libressl2.7-libssl

Step 2: Download and Extract Dolibarr Package

Now, we’ll download and extract the Dolibarr package. Use the following commands:

sudo wget https://github.com/Dolibarr/dolibarr/releases/download/13.0.1/dolibarr-13.0.1.tgz -O /tmp/dolibarr.tgz
sudo tar xzf /tmp/dolibarr.tgz -C /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/localhost/htdocs/dolibarr-13.0.1/

Step 3: Configure Apache for Dolibarr

To run Dolibarr on Apache webserver, we need to create a virtual host configuration file for it. Use the following commands to create the configuration file in the /etc/apache2/conf.d/ directory:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/dolibarr.conf

And paste the following content into the editor:

Alias /dolibarr "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/dolibarr-13.0.1/htdocs"
<Directory "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/dolibarr-13.0.1/htdocs">
  Options FollowSymLinks
  AllowOverride All
  Require all granted
</Directory>

Save and exit the configuration file.

Step 4: Restart Apache and MySQL Service

Now that we have created a virtual host configuration for dolibarr, let’s restart the Apache and MySQL service to reload the configuration. Use the following commands:

sudo service apache2 restart
sudo service mariadb restart

Step 5: Set Up Dolibarr Database

We’ll now create a database for Dolibarr and a database user. Use the following commands:

sudo mysql -u root -p

This command will start the MySQL terminal, enter your MySQL root password, then create a new database, and a user. Replace the values in brackets with your own:

CREATE DATABASE [database_name];
CREATE USER '[database_user]'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '[database_password]'; 
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON [database_name].* TO '[database_user]'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit;

Step 6: Install Dolibarr

You are now ready to install Dolibarr. Open up your browser and navigate to the following URL:

http://localhost/dolibarr

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When you get to the Database Configuration page, fill in the information you entered in Step 5.

Once the installation is complete, you’ll be redirected to the Dolibarr login page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Dolibarr on Alpine Linux Latest.

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