OFBiz (Open for Business) is an open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) system designed to help in the automation of the entire business process. Installing OFBiz on Debian is fairly straightforward, and this tutorial will guide you through each step.
Before we get started, we need to ensure that our system meets the following requirements:
OFBiz is built with Java and requires several dependencies to run. To begin, you need to install these dependencies using the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y git ant openjdk-8-jdk
Here are the steps you need to follow to download and install OFBiz:
Navigate to the Apache OFBiz website: https://ofbiz.apache.org/
Click on 'Download' in the top menu bar and click on the latest stable version of OFBiz.
Use the following command to download the OFBiz release file:
wget https://downloads.apache.org/ofbiz/apache-ofbiz-17.12.07.zip
Make sure to replace the URL with the link to the latest release.
Extract the file using the following command:
unzip apache-ofbiz-17.12.07.zip
Replace the file name with the name of your downloaded file.
Navigate inside the extracted directory:
cd apache-ofbiz-17.12.07
Build the OFBiz using the following command:
./gradlew cleanAll loadDefault
This command will build and load the default data accordingly.
Use the following command to start the OFBiz server:
./gradlew ofbiz
This command will start the OFBiz server on port 8443 (https).
OFBiz is now running and accessible via a web browser. Open a browser and navigate to https://localhost:8443/. You should see the OFBiz login page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed OFBiz on your Debian system.
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