QloApps is a free open source online hotel management system written in PHP language. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing QloApps on MXLinux Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation process, make sure that you have:
It is always a good practice to update the system before installing any new software. Use the following command to update your system:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
QloApps requires Apache2 and PHP installed on the system. To install both we will run the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2 php7.2-mysql php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-mbstring
Once the installation process is complete, we can start the Apache2 service:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl enable apache2
To verify if Apache2 and PHP are working, create a PHP info page on your system.
sudo nano /var/www/html/info.php
Add the following code to the file:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Save and close the file. Now, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/info.php. You should see a page that looks like:
If you can see this page, then you have installed Apache2 and PHP successfully.
To install QloApps, we will download the latest version of QloApps from the official website. Use the following command to download and extract the archive:
cd /tmp/
wget https://github.com/qloapps/qloapps/releases/download/v1.5.0/qloapps-v1.5.0.1.zip
unzip qloapps-v1.5.0.1.zip -d /var/www/html/qloapps/
Next, set the correct permissions:
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/qloapps/
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/qloapps/
QloApps uses MySQL or MariaDB as the database backend. If you do not have MySQL/MariaDB installed on your system, run the following command to install it:
sudo apt install mariadb-server
Once installed, run the following command to connect to your MySQL/MariaDB server:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL/MariaDB root password when prompted.
Create a new database and user for QloApps:
CREATE DATABASE qloapps;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON qloapps.* TO 'qloappsuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace 'password' with a secure password.
Now, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost/qloapps/install/.
The installation wizard will guide you through the remaining steps. Make sure to fill in the correct database details during installation.
Once the installation process is complete, remove the install directory:
rm -rf /var/www/html/qloapps/install/
Last but not least, configure the firewall to allow traffic on port 80:
sudo ufw allow 80/tcp
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install QloApps on MXLinux Latest. We hope that this tutorial has been helpful. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below.
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