Dolibarr is an open-source and free software for small and medium-sized businesses to manage their businesses' processes, such as sales, inventory, and accounting. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Dolibarr on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we begin, you need to make sure the following prerequisites are met:
If you don't have the prerequisites installed already, you can refer to the following tutorials to install and configure them:
First, download the Dolibarr installation package from their official website using the following command:
wget https://download.dolibarr.org/stable/$(wget -q https://download.dolibarr.org/stable/ -O - | grep -Eo 'dolibarr-[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.tgz' | uniq)
After downloading the Dolibarr package, extract it using the following command:
tar -xzf dolibarr-*.tgz -C /var/www/html/
If you're using Apache web server, create a new Virtual Host file for Dolibarr:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/dolibarr.conf
Then, add the following content to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your-domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/dolibarr
<Directory /var/www/html/dolibarr>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/dolibarr_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/dolibarr_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
If you're using Nginx web server, create a new server block file for Dolibarr:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/dolibarr
Then, add the following content to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your-domain.com;
root /var/www/html/dolibarr/;
index index.php index.html;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
location /css {
add_header Content-Type text/css;
}
location /js {
add_header Content-Type application/x-javascript;
}
error_log /var/log/nginx/dolibarr_error.log;
access_log /var/log/nginx/dolibarr_access.log;
}
Once you have created the Virtual Host or Server Block, enable it by creating a symbolic link:
sudo a2ensite dolibarr.conf # for Apache
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/dolibarr /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ # for Nginx
Assign the correct ownership and permissions to the Dolibarr files:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/dolibarr
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/dolibarr
Now, it's time to create a new MySQL database and user for Dolibarr:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE dolibarrdb;
CREATE USER 'dolibarruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dolibarrdb.* TO 'dolibarruser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Remember to replace your-password in the above command with your own secure password.
Now, go to your web browser and visit your server's IP address or domain name with /dolibarr/ at the end, such as http://your-domain.com/dolibarr/. You will see the Dolibarr installation wizard.
Follow the wizard's instructions to complete the installation process. You will be asked to enter your MySQL database name, MySQL username and password, and the database host. Enter the following information:
dolibarrdbdolibarruseryour-passwordlocalhostAfter entering the information, follow the wizard's instructions to complete the installation process.
Once the installation is complete, you can log in to your Dolibarr instance by visiting http://your-domain.com/dolibarr/ in your web browser.
That's it! You have successfully installed Dolibarr on Elementary OS Latest. Now, you can start managing your business in Dolibarr.
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