How to Install OpenSupports on Debian Latest

Introduction

OpenSupports is an open-source ticket management system. It offers many features such as multiple users, multilingual support, and real-time notifications. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install OpenSupports on Debian latest version.

Prerequisites

• Debian latest version
• A user with sudo privileges
• LAMP stack installed (Apache, MySQL, and PHP)

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

1. Update your system repositories by running the following command:

sudo apt update

2. Install PHP dependencies for OpenSupports by running the following command:

sudo apt install php-intl php-mysql php-mbstring php-xml php-curl php-zip

Step 2: Download OpenSupports

1. Visit the OpenSupports website: https://www.opensupports.com/
2. Click on the "Download" button and select "OpenSupports Latest Version."
3. Extract the downloaded file into the webroot directory. In this tutorial, we will use the default location, which is /var/www/html/.

Step 3: Configure OpenSupports

1. Create a new MySQL database and user for OpenSupports.

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE opensupports;
GRANT ALL ON opensupports.* TO 'opensupportsuser' IDENTIFIED BY 'Password123!';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Note: Replace the opensupportsuser and Password123! with a username and password of your choice.

2. Rename the .env.example file to .env and update the following values in it:

DB_DATABASE=opensupports
DB_USERNAME=opensupportsuser
DB_PASSWORD=Password123!

Step 4: Set Permissions and Ownership

1. Set proper permissions for OpenSupports directories:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/opensupports
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/opensupports

Step 5: Configure Apache

1. Create a new Apache Virtual Host configuration file for OpenSupports:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/opensupports.conf

2. Add the following content to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName example.com
        ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/opensupports/public
        ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
        CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
        <Directory /var/www/html/opensupports/public>
                Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
                AllowOverride All 
                Order allow,deny
                allow from all
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Note: Replace the ServerName with your domain or IP address.

3. Enable the Virtual Host configuration:

sudo a2ensite opensupports.conf

4. Restart Apache service to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl reload apache2

Step 6: Finish Installation Wizard

1. Open your browser and navigate to http://your_domain_name/install.
2. Follow the installation wizard, and provide the required information.
3. Once the installation is complete, remove the install directory:

sudo rm -rf /var/www/html/opensupports/install

Conclusion

You have successfully installed OpenSupports on your Debian latest version. You can now use it to manage and track support tickets.

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