How to install Crater on Fedora Server Latest from Github

Crater is an open-source invoicing app built with Laravel, which allows small businesses and freelancers to easily create and manage their invoices. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Crater on Fedora Server Latest.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Before installing Crater, we need to install some dependencies on our system. Open the terminal and execute the following commands:

sudo dnf update
sudo dnf install php-cli php-common php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-mysqlnd php-json php-xml
sudo dnf install composer git
sudo dnf install mysql-server

These commands will install PHP and MySQL, along with some other necessary packages.

Step 2: Clone the Repository

Now, we need to clone the Crater repository from Github. Go to the terminal and navigate to the directory where you want to install Crater. Then, execute the following command:

git clone https://github.com/crater-invoice/crater.git

This command will clone the Crater repository to your local system.

Step 3: Install Crater

After cloning the repository, navigate to the Crater directory and install the dependencies by executing the following commands in the terminal:

cd crater
sudo composer install

This command will install all the required dependencies for Crater.

Step 4: Configure the Database

Now, we need to create a new database for Crater to use. Open the terminal and execute the following commands:

sudo mysql_secure_installation
sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter the root password and then create the database by executing the following command:

CREATE DATABASE crater;

After creating the database, give permissions to the user by executing the following command:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON crater.* TO 'crateruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace 'password' with the desired password for the user.

Step 5: Configure Crater

In the next step, we need to configure Crater to use the database we just created. Navigate to the Crater directory, and copy the .env.example file to .env by executing the following command:

cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file and update the following fields:

APP_URL=http://localhost:8000
...
DB_DATABASE=crater
DB_USERNAME=crateruser
DB_PASSWORD=password

Replace 'password' with the password you set for the crateruser.

Step 6: Migrate the Database

Now, we need to run the migration command to create the tables in the database. Navigate to the Crater directory, and execute the following command:

php artisan migrate

This command will create the required tables in the database.

Step 7: Run Crater

Finally, we can run Crater by executing the following command in the terminal:

php artisan serve

This command will start the local development server. Open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8000 to access the Crater invoicing app.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Crater on Fedora Server Latest from the Github repository. You should now have a working installation of Crater on your system.

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