InvoicePlane is a popular open-source invoicing application, which provides complete invoicing, quoting, and billing functionality. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of InvoicePlane on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before installing any new software, it's important that you update your system to the latest version. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
InvoicePlane requires PHP and several PHP modules to function properly. We also need to install a web server to serve the InvoicePlane web application.
Run the following command to install all the required dependencies:
sudo apk add nginx php7-fpm php7-mysqli php7-dom php7-curl php7-gd php7-mbstring php7-json php7-session php7-zlib
We need to modify the default NGINX configuration file to set up a virtual host for our InvoicePlane installation.
Create a new file invoiceplane.conf in /etc/nginx/conf.d/ directory and add the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com;
root /var/www/invoiceplane;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php7-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Replace yourdomain.com with your domain or server IP address.
We need to download and extract the InvoicePlane source code into the document root of our web server.
sudo mkdir /var/www/invoiceplane
cd /var/www/invoiceplane
sudo wget https://github.com/InvoicePlane/InvoicePlane/releases/download/v1.5.11/InvoicePlane-v1.5.11.zip
sudo unzip InvoicePlane-v1.5.11.zip
sudo rm InvoicePlane-v1.5.11.zip
sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/invoiceplane
Configure the database connection by copying the sample configuration file.
cd /var/www/invoiceplane
sudo cp ipconfig.php.example ipconfig.php
Edit ipconfig.php with your preferred text editor and update the following fields with your database details:
define('IP_DB_USER', 'database_user');
define('IP_DB_PASSWORD', 'database_password');
define('IP_DB_NAME', 'database_name');
define('IP_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
We have installed, configured, and set up everything we need to run InvoicePlane. We now need to restart the NGINX and PHP services.
sudo service nginx restart
sudo service php7-fpm restart
You should now launch a browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com to start using InvoicePlane.
Conclusion
In this tutorial, we have covered the basic steps to install InvoicePlane on Alpine Linux Latest. By following these steps, you can easily set up and run this powerful invoicing application on your server. If you encounter any issues, refer to the official InvoicePlane documentation or seek help from the community.
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