Akaunting is a free and open-source accounting software designed for small and medium-sized businesses. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Akaunting on OpenBSD.
Before you begin, you need the following:
Before installing Akaunting, you need to install its dependencies. Open a terminal on your server and enter the following commands:
sudo pkg_add php php-curl php-gd php-intl php-json php-mbstring php-pdo_mysql php-tokenizer composer
The above command will install PHP and its libraries required for Akaunting.
Once the dependencies are installed, download the latest version of Akaunting from their official website.
wget https://akaunting.com/download/latest
Once the download completes, extract the archive file:
tar -xvf latest
The above command will extract the Akaunting files into a directory named akaunting.
Change your current directory to akaunting that will have all the files and directories that need to be installed:
cd akaunting
Inside akaunting, run the following command to install Akaunting:
composer install --no-dev
After completing the installation, give write access to the following directories:
chmod -R 777 app/Config app/Plugins app/kernel app/Storage app/Themes public user_uploads
To use Akaunting, you need to configure it first. Open the env file in your text editor:
nano .env
Configure the following values in the .env file:
APP_URL=http://localhost:8000
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=akaunting
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=password
Change the values to match your environment.
To run the Akaunting server, enter the following command:
php artisan serve --host=0.0.0.0 --port=8000
Open a web browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip:8000. You should see the Akaunting login page.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Akaunting on OpenBSD. You can now use Akaunting to manage your business finances.
Happy accounting!
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