TimeOff.Management is an online employee vacation tracking software. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install TimeOff.Management on your Elementary OS Latest operating system.
The first step is to install Apache2, which is a popular web server software for Ubuntu. Apache2 can be installed using the apt-get command in the Terminal.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2
TimeOff.Management requires PHP version of 7.2 or later. To install PHP and its dependencies, run the following commands in the Terminal.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install php7.4 php7.4-cli php7.4-curl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml php7.4-zip
MySQL is a database server that is used to store the data for TimeOff.Management. To install MySQL, enter the following command in the Terminal.
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
TimeOff.Management requires a dedicated database and user privileges to access that database. To create the database and user, run the following commands in the Terminal.
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE timeoffdb;
CREATE USER 'timeoffuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON timeoffdb.* TO 'timeoffuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Download the TimeOff.Management source code from the official website. After downloading it, extract the ZIP file into the Apache web root directory.
sudo apt-get install unzip
unzip timeoffmanagement.zip -d /var/www/html/
Change the ownership of the extracted files to “www-data” user so that Apache has permission to read and write files.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/timeoffmanagement
Rename the “.env.example” file to “.env” and provide the correct database credentials in it.
cd /var/www/html/timeoffmanagement
mv .env.example .env
Edit the “.env” file and enter your MySQL database details.
DB_DATABASE=timeoffdb
DB_USERNAME=timeoffuser
DB_PASSWORD=yourpassword
Install the application's dependencies using Composer, which is a popular package manager for PHP.
sudo apt-get install composer
composer install
Generate a unique application key.
php artisan key:generate
Create the necessary tables in the database.
php artisan migrate
Set the correct permission to directory to store user-uploaded files.
chmod -R 775 storage
Open a web browser and go to http://localhost/timeoffmanagement/ or http://your-server-ip/timeoffmanagement/ to start using the employee vacation tracking application.
That's it! You have successfully installed TimeOff.Management on your Elementary OS Latest operating system. With this application, you can now easily manage and track employee vacation schedules.
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