RERO ILS is a highly customizable and modular Integrated Library System (ILS) that facilitates the management of library resources. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install RERO ILS on the latest version of Elementary OS.
Before we proceed with the installation, you need to ensure that your system meets the following requirements:
To ensure that your system is up-to-date, run the following commands to update the package repository and upgrade the system packages:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
RERO ILS requires certain dependencies to run properly. You can install them by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install -y git curl wget unzip zip php7.2-fpm php7.2-pgsql php7.2-curl php7.2-zip php7.2-xml php7.2-mbstring php7.2-intl php7.2-gd postgresql
Next, you need to clone the RERO ILS repository to a directory on your system. You can use the following command to clone the repository:
sudo git clone https://github.com/rero/rero-ils.git /var/www/rero-ils
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that is used to manage and install the necessary libraries for the RERO ILS installation. You can install it by running the following commands:
sudo curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
Now, you can install the RERO ILS dependencies by navigating to the rero-ils directory and running the composer install command:
cd /var/www/rero-ils
sudo composer install
You need to create a database for the RERO ILS installation. You can use the following command to create a new database and user:
sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE ROLE rero-ils LOGIN CREATEDB PASSWORD 'rero-ils';"
sudo -u postgres createdb -O rero-ils rero-ils
You need to configure the RERO ILS environment by copying the sample .env file to .env.local:
sudo cp .env .env.local
Then, you can edit the .env.local file to update the settings according to your preferences. You can use the following command to open the file in Nano editor:
sudo nano .env.local
You need to configure the web server to serve the RERO ILS application. Assuming you are using Nginx, you can create a new server block as follows:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/rero-ils.conf
And then paste in the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name example.com; # Replace with your domain name
root /var/www/rero-ils/public;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files \$uri \$uri/ /index.php?\$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Save and close the file.
Next, create a symlink to enable the server block:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/rero-ils.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Finally, restart the Nginx service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
You can now launch the RERO ILS installer by navigating to the rero-ils directory and running the following command:
cd /var/www/rero-ils
sudo php bin/console rero:install
The installer will prompt you to answer a few questions, such as the database details, administrator user details, and so on. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Once the installation is complete, you can verify the RERO ILS installation by visiting your server's IP address or domain name in a web browser. If everything is set up correctly, you should see the RERO ILS login page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed RERO ILS on Elementary OS.
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