Akaunting is a free, open-source software designed for accounting, invoicing, and inventory management. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Akaunting on your Fedora Server.
Before installing any software, it is a good practice to first update and upgrade the system to the latest packages. Run the following commands in the terminal to update and upgrade the system:
sudo dnf update
sudo dnf upgrade
Akaunting requires Apache webserver and MariaDB database software to be installed on the system. Run the following command in the terminal to install Apache and MariaDB:
sudo dnf install httpd mariadb mariadb-server
Now, start and enable the Apache and MariaDB service:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Next, login to the MariaDB shell to create a database and user for Akaunting:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password when prompted.
CREATE DATABASE akauntingdb CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'akauntinguser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON akauntingdb.* TO 'akauntinguser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Make sure to replace the database name, username, and password with your own preferred values.
Akaunting is built on PHP, so we need to install PHP and the required extensions. Run the following command in the terminal to install PHP and its extensions:
sudo dnf install php php-mysqlnd php-json php-curl php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-xml php-zip
Download the latest version of Akaunting from its official website or GitHub repository. You can use the wget command to download the file directly from the terminal.
wget https://github.com/akaunting/akaunting/releases/download/2.3.19/akaunting-2.3.19.zip
Extract the downloaded file:
unzip akaunting-2.3.19.zip -d akaunting
Copy the extracted files to the Apache webserver document root directory:
sudo cp -r akaunting /var/www/html/akaunting
Next, change the ownership and permissions of the Akaunting directory:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/akaunting
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/akaunting/storage
Now, open your web browser and enter the following URL:
http://your_fedora_server_IP_address/akaunting/public
The Akaunting installation wizard should now appear. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your Akaunting instance.
When prompted for the database credentials, enter the database name, username, and password that you created in the previous step.
After completing the installation, make sure to delete the install.php file for security reasons:
sudo rm /var/www/html/akaunting/public/install.php
That's it! You have successfully installed Akaunting on your Fedora server. You can now start using Akaunting by logging in with the administrator account you created during the installation.
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