How to Install Invoice Ninja on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Invoice Ninja is a free, open-source invoicing and billing software that can be used to create, customize and send invoices to clients. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to install and set up Invoice Ninja on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS.

Before we begin, ensure that you have a server that is connected to the internet and has the latest version of Fedora CoreOS installed.

Step 1: Install Docker on Fedora CoreOS

Invoice Ninja is distributed as a Docker container, so you will need to install Docker first. Fortunately, Fedora CoreOS has all the necessary tools pre-installed, so all you need to do is to start Docker.

To start Docker, run the following command:

sudo systemctl start docker

Now that Docker is running, let’s move on to the next step.

Step 2: Set up MySQL Database for Invoice Ninja

Invoice Ninja requires a MySQL database for storing its data. Therefore, we need to set up a new MySQL database for Invoice Ninja.

For these steps, ensure that you have administrative privileges.

1. Launch the MySQL client using the following command:

sudo mysql

2. Create a new database for Invoice Ninja:

CREATE DATABASE invoiceninja;

3. Create a new MySQL user for Invoice Ninja:

CREATE USER 'invoiceuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

4. Grant the necessary permissions to the new MySQL user:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON invoiceninja.* TO 'invoiceuser'@'localhost';

5. Refresh the MySQL privileges:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

With these steps done, we are ready to move on to the next step.

Step 3: Download and run the Invoice Ninja Docker Image

In this step, you will download the Invoice Ninja Docker image and run it on your Fedora CoreOS server.

Use the following command to download the Invoice Ninja image:

docker pull invoiceninja/invoiceninja

Once the download is complete, create a new container by running the following command:

docker run -d -p 8000:8000 \
-e APP_ENV=production \
-e APP_URL=http://localhost \
-e DB_CONNECTION=mysql \
-e DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 \
-e DB_PORT=3306 \
-e DB_DATABASE=invoiceninja \
-e DB_USERNAME=invoiceuser \
-e DB_PASSWORD=password \
--restart always \
--name=invoice-ninja \
invoiceninja/invoiceninja

This command starts a new Docker container with the following settings:

• -d: Runs the container in detached mode.
• -p 8000:8000: Maps the port 8000 inside the container to the port 8000 on the host.
• -e APP_ENV=production: Sets the environment variable APP_ENV to production.
• -e APP_URL=http://localhost: Sets the environment variable APP_URL to http://localhost.
• -e DB_CONNECTION=mysql: Sets the environment variable DB_CONNECTION to mysql.
• -e DB_HOST=127.0.0.1: Sets the environment variable DB_HOST to 127.0.0.1.
• -e DB_PORT=3306: Sets the environment variable DB_PORT to 3306.
• -e DB_DATABASE=invoiceninja: Sets the environment variable DB_DATABASE to invoiceninja.
• -e DB_USERNAME=invoiceuser: Sets the environment variable DB_USERNAME to invoiceuser.
• -e DB_PASSWORD=password: Sets the environment variable DB_PASSWORD to password.
• --restart always: Enables automatic container restarts.
• --name=invoice-ninja: Sets the name of the container to invoice-ninja.
• invoiceninja/invoiceninja: Specifies the name of the Docker image to use.

With this command, the container should start, and you should be able to access Invoice Ninja by navigating to http://localhost:8000 in your web browser.

Conclusion

With these steps, you can now install and set up Invoice Ninja on the latest version of Fedora CoreOS. You can now start creating, customizing and sending invoices to your clients.

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