HospitalRun is an open-source hospital management software that helps medical professionals manage patient data, appointments, lab reports, and more. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing HospitalRun on Debian Latest.
Before installing HospitalRun, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
HospitalRun requires Node.js version 4.x or later. Run the following commands to install Node.js on your Debian system:
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
Verify the Node.js installation by running the following command:
node -v
It should output the version number of Node.js installed on your system.
HospitalRun requires MongoDB version 3.x or later. Follow the below steps to install MongoDB on Debian:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y mongodb
sudo systemctl start mongodb
sudo systemctl enable mongodb
Verify that MongoDB has been installed correctly by checking its version:
mongod --version
Download the latest stable release of HospitalRun from the official website or by running the following command:
wget https://github.com/HospitalRun/hospitalrun-frontend/releases/download/<VERSION_NUMBER>/hospitalrun-frontend-<VERSION_NUMBER>.zip
Extract the downloaded zip file using the following command:
unzip hospitalrun-frontend-<VERSION_NUMBER>.zip
Navigate to the extracted hospitalrun-frontend directory using the following command:
cd hospitalrun-frontend
Next, install the dependencies using the npm package manager:
npm install
Create a new configuration file for HospitalRun using the following command:
cp .env.example .env
Open the .env file in a text editor and update the following settings:
API_URL=http://localhost:8020 #The URL of your HospitalRun API
NODE_ENV=development #Change it to production if you are running the production environment.
You can now run HospitalRun on your Debian server by running the following command:
npm start
This will start HospitalRun on port 3000. You can access it by opening a web browser and visiting http://localhost:3000.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed HospitalRun on your Debian Latest server. You can now use this powerful hospital management software to manage your medical practice.
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