Easy!Appointments is a free and open-source appointment scheduling software that supports multiple locations, services, and staff members. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Easy!Appointments on Linux Mint Latest operating system.
Before starting with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to update your system and install the required dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Easy!Appointments requires a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack to work. If you don't have it already installed, run the following command to install the LAMP stack:
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql -y
After installation, run the following command to start and enable the Apache and MySQL services:
sudo systemctl start apache2 mysql
sudo systemctl enable apache2 mysql
Navigate to the Easy!Appointments website and download the latest version of the software. Extract the downloaded file to the website directory. You can extract the file in the following directory:
/var/www/html/
You can use the following command to extract the file:
sudo tar -zxvf easyappointments-1.5.1.zip -C /var/www/html/
Change the file permissions of the Easy!Appointments directory using the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/easyappointments/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/easyappointments/
Login to the MySQL database using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted. After successful login, create a new database and user using the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE easyappointments;
CREATE USER 'easyuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON easyappointments.* TO 'easyuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace "password" with a strong and secure password.
Create a new virtual host configuration file for Easy!Appointments using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/easyappointments.conf
Paste the following configuration in the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/easyappointments/
ServerName example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/easyappointments/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/easyappointments_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/easyappointments_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Enable the newly created virtual host using the following command:
sudo a2ensite easyappointments.conf
Restart the Apache service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your web browser and navigate to the following URL:
http://your-server-ip-address/easyappointments/
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. During the installation, you will need to provide the database name, username, and password that you have created in step 5.
After a successful installation, you will be able to access the Easy!Appointments from your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Easy!Appointments on Linux Mint Latest operating system. You can now use it to manage appointments, staff members, and services.
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