Mayan EDMS is a document management system written in Python that allows you to store, manage, and retrieve documents in a user-friendly interface. It's an open-source solution and can be used for personal or commercial purposes. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mayan EDMS on Manjaro Linux.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:
Before installing Mayan EDMS, it's always a good practice to update your system. Open the terminal and enter the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
This will update the package list, upgrade all installed packages, and clean up any orphaned packages.
Mayan EDMS has several dependencies that need to be installed before we proceed with the installation. Open the terminal and enter the following command:
sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel python-lxml python-cryptography python-pillow python-dateutil python-Pillow python-psycopg2 poppler
Once the installation is complete, run the following command to check the installed versions:
pip list --format=columns
You should see the recently installed packages in the output.
Now that we have installed all the required dependencies, it's time to install Mayan EDMS. Open the terminal and enter the following command:
sudo pip install mayan-edms
This command will download and install the latest version of Mayan EDMS.
After the installation, we need to create a configuration file for Mayan EDMS. We need to create a directory for the Mayan EDMS configuration file and create the file inside the directory. The following command creates the directory and file:
sudo mkdir /etc/mayan-edms/
sudo nano /etc/mayan-edms/local.py
Once you have opened the file editor, paste the following contents into the file:
from mayan.settings.production import *
# SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret!
SECRET_KEY = 'YOUR_SECRET_KEY'
# SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
DEBUG = False
ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['localhost', '127.0.0.1', 'yourdomain.com'] #Add your Domain Name or IP here
# Email Settings for Password Recovery
EMAIL_BACKEND = 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend'
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_PORT = 587 # 587, 465
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_USE_SSL = False
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'youremail@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'yourpassword'
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'youremail@gmail.com'
Remember to replace SECRET_KEY with your own secret key, and don't forget to fill in the email settings.
Save the file and exit the editor.
Mayan EDMS requires a database to store the documents and other data. We need to create a Postgres database for this. Open the terminal and enter:
sudo su postgres
createdb mayan
exit
Next, we need to create the database schema by running the following command:
mayan-edms.py initialsetup
After the database schema is created, run the following command to create the administrator account:
mayan-edms.py createsuperuser
Follow the prompt to create your administrator account.
Now that we have installed and configured Mayan EDMS, it's time to start the server. Open the terminal and enter the following command:
mayan-edms.py runserver
This will start the development server on port 8000. If you want to access this on your local network, you need to bind to 0.0.0.0:
mayan-edms.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
To access the Mayan EDMS web interface, open your browser and go to http://localhost:8000/. You will be asked to log in with your administrator account.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Mayan EDMS on Manjaro Linux. Now you can use Mayan EDMS to store, manage and retrieve documents in a user-friendly and efficient manner.
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