Open Source POS is a free and open source point-of-sale (POS) software that offers features such as inventory management, customer relationship management (CRM), and reporting. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Open Source POS on a Fedora Server.
Before installing Open Source POS, we need to install some required packages. Open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo dnf install epel-release
sudo dnf install curl nginx mariadb mariadb-server php php-fpm php-mysql php-gd php-common php-curl php-mbstring php-xmlrpc php-soap php-pdo
In order to download the Open Source POS source code from Github, we need to install Git. Run the following command to install Git:
sudo dnf install git
Now that Git is installed, we can clone the Open Source POS repository to the server. Navigate to the directory where you want to store the source code and run the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/opensourcepos/opensourcepos.git
This will create a directory called "opensourcepos" in the current directory and download the source code into it.
We need to configure Nginx to serve the Open Source POS web application. Open the Nginx configuration file in a text editor:
sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Add the following server block to the http block:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com; # Replace with your domain name or server IP address
root /path/to/opensourcepos;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Save and exit the file.
Restart Nginx:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Create a new MySQL user and database for Open Source POS. Log in to MySQL using the root user:
sudo mysql -u root
Create a new database:
mysql> create database ospos;
Create a new user and grant privileges to the database:
mysql> create user 'ospos'@'localhost' identified by 'password';
mysql> grant all privileges on ospos.* to 'ospos'@'localhost';
mysql> flush privileges;
Exit MySQL:
mysql> exit;
Copy the configuration file:
sudo cp /path/to/opensourcepos/application/config/database.php.sample /path/to/opensourcepos/application/config/database.php
Edit the configuration file and enter the MySQL database information:
sudo vi /path/to/opensourcepos/application/config/database.php
Save and exit the file.
Import the Open Source POS database schema:
sudo mysql -u ospos -p ospos < /path/to/opensourcepos/application/database/opensourcepos.sql
Enter the MySQL user password when prompted.
Open a web browser and navigate to your server's IP address or domain name. You should see the Open Source POS login screen.
Enter the default username and password:
You should change the default password immediately.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Open Source POS on Fedora Server.
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