How to Install HRCloud2 on Arch Linux

In this tutorial, we’ll guide you through the step-by-step installation of HRCloud2 on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before we start the installation process, you need to have the following prerequisites:

• A running Arch Linux installation
• Root or sudo access to your server
• A web server such as Apache or NGINX installed and running
• PHP 7.1.3+ installed and enabled on your web server
• Git installed on your server

Once you have all the prerequisites, let’s begin the installation process.

Installation

1. Install Git if you haven't already done so:

sudo pacman -S git

2. Clone the HRCloud2 repository into your web server's document root directory:

git clone https://github.com/zelon88/HRCloud2.git /var/www/html/hrcloud2

3. Install the required PHP dependencies using the following command:

sudo pacman -Syyu php php-intl php-pdo php-gd php-mbstring php-pecl-imagick

4. Copy the .env.example file to .env and configure it according to your needs:

cp /var/www/html/hrcloud2/.env.example /var/www/html/hrcloud2/.env
nano /var/www/html/hrcloud2/.env

5. Generate a new key for HRCloud2:

cd /var/www/html/hrcloud2
php artisan key:generate

6. Update the file permissions:

sudo chgrp -R www-data storage bootstrap/cache
sudo chmod -R ug+rwx storage bootstrap/cache

7. Create a new virtual host for HRCloud2. For example, create a new file /etc/httpd/conf/extra/hrcloud2.conf with the following contents:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName hrcloud2.example.com
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/hrcloud2/public"

    <Directory "/var/www/html/hrcloud2/public">
        AllowOverride All
        Options +Indexes +FollowSymLinks
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/hrcloud2_error.log"
    CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/hrcloud2_access.log" combined
</VirtualHost>

8. Make sure mod_rewrite is installed and enabled:

sudo pacman -S httpd
sudo sed -i 's|#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so|LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so|g' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
sudo sed -i 's|AllowOverride none|AllowOverride All|g' /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

9. Finally, restart the web server to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart httpd.service

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we’ve shown you how to install HRCloud2 on Arch Linux. Now you can access the HRCloud2 web interface by visiting http://your-domain-name.com in your web browser.

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