Mayan EDMS is an open-source document management system that helps you to store and manage your electronic documents. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mayan EDMS on Linux Mint.
Before starting with the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing any new software, it's always a good practice to update your system packages. To update, open the terminal and execute the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Mayan EDMS requires some dependencies, including PostgreSQL, Python 3, and some additional Python modules. You can install these dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt install postgresql python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-dev libpq-dev libmagic-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev redis
The best way to install the Mayan EDMS is by using the pip package manager. First, you need to install pip on your system. To install pip, execute the following command:
sudo apt install python3-pip
After installing pip, you can install Mayan EDMS by running the following command:
sudo pip3 install mayan-edms
Mayan EDMS uses PostgreSQL as the backend database. Next, we need to create a new PostgreSQL database and user for Mayan EDMS. To do this, execute the following commands:
sudo su postgres
createuser --createdb --username postgres mayan
createdb --owner mayan mayan
exit
Next, you need to create a new Mayan EDMS configuration file. To do this, execute the following command:
sudo nano /etc/mayan-edms.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
[database]
ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2
NAME=mayan
USER=mayan
PASSWORD=<your_password>
HOST=127.0.0.1
PORT=5432
[storage]
STORAGE_BACKEND=django.core.files.storage.FileSystemStorage
STORAGE_BACKEND_ARGUMENTS='{"location": "/opt/mayan-edms/media/"}'
[redis]
BROKER_URL=redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0
CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0
Replace <your_password> with a strong password.
Before starting Mayan EDMS, we need to initialize the database schema and create a superuser account. To do this, execute the following command:
sudo mayan-edms.py initialsetup
When prompted, create a superuser account by entering a username, email, and password.
After initializing the setup, start the Mayan EDMS service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start mayan-edms
To stop and restart the service, use the following commands:
sudo systemctl stop mayan-edms
sudo systemctl restart mayan-edms
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mayan EDMS on Linux Mint. Now, you can use Mayan EDMS to manage and store your electronic documents.
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