OFBiz (Apache Open For Business) is a free, open-source enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that provides businesses with tools for managing different areas such as accounting, order processing, customer relationship management (CRM), and more.
In this tutorial, we’ll guide you through the steps of installing OFBiz on Manjaro, a powerful Linux distribution based on Arch Linux.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
OFBiz is a Java application so it requires Java JDK version 8 or higher. Use the following command to check the installed Java version:
java -version
If Java is not installed, use the following command to install Java JDK:
sudo pacman -S jdk8-openjdk
You can also install Java 11 or Java 16 using the openjdk11 or openjdk16 packages.
Go to the https://ofbiz.apache.org/download.html and download the latest release of OFBiz. You can get the download link by right-clicking on the appropriate version and selecting "Copy link address".
In this tutorial, we’ll use OFBiz 17.12.03.
wget https://downloads.apache.org/ofbiz/apache-ofbiz-17.12.03.zip
Extract the downloaded zip file using the following command:
unzip apache-ofbiz-17.12.03.zip
After extracting the OFBiz archive, navigate to the apache-ofbiz-17.12.03 directory:
cd apache-ofbiz-17.12.03
OFBiz comes with a default properties file that you need to configure based on your system settings. We’ll use the gradlew script to generate a new properties file:
sh gradlew cleanAll loadDefault ofbiz
This script will generate a new runtime directory in the OFBiz directory containing a new runtime/config directory with the ofbiz-component.xml, entityengine.xml, security.properties, and url.properties files.
To start OFBiz, use the following command:
sh gradlew ofbiz
After a few seconds, you should see the following message:
[main] INFO org.apache.ofbiz.base.start.StartupControlPanel - The OFBiz control panel is available at https://localhost:8443/control/main
This means OFBiz has started and is running in the background. To stop OFBiz, press Ctrl+C.
To access the OFBiz web interface, open your web browser and navigate to https://localhost:8443/control/main.
If you see a security warning or certificate error, ignore it and proceed to the website. OFBiz generates a self-signed certificate by default, which can cause this warning.
You should see the OFBiz web interface login page. Use the following credentials to log in:
Congratulations! You’ve successfully installed and configured OFBiz on Manjaro. You can now use OFBiz to manage your business.
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