Firefly III is an open-source personal finance manager that helps you keep track of your expenses, income, and investments. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Firefly III on MXLinux Latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
php -v
To begin, go to the Firefly III website at https://firefly-iii.org/ and download the latest version of the application.
Open your terminal and navigate to the folder where you want to install Firefly III. Once you're in the folder, use the following command to download Firefly III:
wget https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/archive/refs/tags/5.6.0.zip
Note: The above command is for version 5.6.0. Replace it with the latest version available.
After the download is complete, extract the zip file with the following command:
unzip 5.6.0.zip
Note: Again, replace 5.6.0 with the version you downloaded.
You will now have a folder named firefly-iii-5.6.0 (or whatever version you downloaded) in your current directory.
Firefly III requires several dependencies to run correctly. You can install these dependencies using the following command:
sudo apt-get install php7.4-curl php7.4-dom php7.4-gd php7.4-intl php7.4-json php7.4-mbstring php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml php7.4-zip curl
Note: The above command installs the required dependencies for PHP version 7.4. If you have a different PHP version installed, replace 7.4 with your PHP version.
Now that you have extracted Firefly III and installed the dependencies, it's time to configure your webserver (Apache or Nginx).
If you're using Apache, you need to create a virtual host for Firefly III. Open your Apache virtual host file with your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/yourdomain.com.conf
Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.
Add the following lines to your virtual host file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin your_email@yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /path/to/firefly-iii-5.6.0/public/
ServerName yourdomain.com
ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com
<Directory /path/to/firefly-iii-5.6.0/public>
AllowOverride All
DirectoryIndex index.php
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/yourdomain.com_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/yourdomain.com_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file. Then, enable the virtual host by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite yourdomain.com.conf
Finally, restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
If you're using Nginx, you need to create a server block for Firefly III. Open your Nginx configuration file with your favorite text editor:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourdomain.com
Replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name.
Add the following lines to your server block:
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;
root /path/to/firefly-iii-5.6.0/public;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.4-fpm.sock;
}
location ~ /\.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Save and close the file. Then, enable the server block by creating a symbolic link:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourdomain.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Finally, restart Nginx to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Now that Firefly III is installed and the webserver is configured, it's time to configure Firefly III.
Navigate to the firefly-iii-5.6.0 (or whatever version you downloaded) directory, copy the .env.example file to .env, and open it:
cd firefly-iii-5.6.0/
cp .env.example .env
sudo nano .env
Update the following lines in the .env file:
APP_URL=http://yourdomain.com // Replace with your domain name
DB_DATABASE=fireflyiii
DB_USERNAME=root // Replace with your MySQL username
DB_PASSWORD=your_password // Replace with your MySQL password
Save and close the file.
Now you need to create a database and user for Firefly III. Open MySQL with the following command:
sudo mysql
Once you're in the MySQL console, create a new database:
CREATE DATABASE fireflyiii;
Create a new user and grant permissions to the database:
CREATE USER 'fireflyiiiuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON fireflyiii.* TO 'fireflyiiiuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace your_password with a strong password.
Exit the MySQL console:
exit
Finally, it's time to run the installation script. Navigate to the Firefly III directory and run the following command:
php artisan firefly-iii:install
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Firefly III on MXLinux Latest. You can now access the web application by visiting your domain name (or server IP address) in your web browser.
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