Kimai is an open-source time-tracking software that can track working hours and generate reports. In this tutorial, we will learn about the step-by-step process of installing Kimai on OpenSUSE Latest.
It is always essential to update the system before installing new packages. Open the terminal and enter the following command as sudo user.
sudo zypper refresh
Kimai requires LAMP stack installed on the system. To install LAMP stack, we need to install Apache, MySQL, and PHP packages. Enter the following commands to install the LAMP stack.
sudo zypper install apache2
sudo zypper install mariadb mariadb-client
sudo zypper install php7 php7-mysql apache2-mod_php7 php7-ctype php7-curl php7-gd php7-zip php7-iconv php7-json
Composer and Git are required to install Kimai. Enter the following commands to install Composer and Git.
sudo zypper install composer
sudo zypper install git
Enter the following commands to download Kimai from GitHub.
cd /tmp/
git clone https://github.com/kimai/kimai2.git
Kimai requires some dependencies installed on the system. Enter the following commands to install the dependencies.
cd kimai2/
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
Create a new database and user for Kimai. Enter the following command to log in to MySQL prompt as root user.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database and user for Kimai. Replace "kimai_db" with your desired database name, "kimai_user" with your desired database user, and "password_here" with your desired password.
CREATE DATABASE kimai_db;
CREATE USER 'kimai_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password_here';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON kimai_db.* TO 'kimai_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Copy .env.dist file to .env in the kimai2 directory.
cd /tmp/kimai2/
cp .env.dist .env
Edit the .env file and update the following variables. Replace "kimai_db" with the database name you created in Step 6, "kimai_user" with the database user, and "password_here" with the password you set in Step 6.
DATABASE_URL=mysql://kimai_user:password_here@localhost/kimai_db
APP_ENV=prod
TRUSTED_PROXIES=127.0.0.1
TRUSTED_HOSTS=localhost
Enter the following commands to install and set up Kimai.
cd /tmp/kimai2/
php bin/console kimai:install
sudo mkdir /srv/www/htdocs/kimai2
sudo cp -a /tmp/kimai2/public/* /srv/www/htdocs/kimai2/
sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/kimai2/
Open a web browser and enter "http://localhost/kimai2" or "http://IP_address/kimai2" in the address bar. Replace "IP_address" with the IP address of your OpenSUSE system. You will see the Kimai login page in your web browser.
We have successfully installed Kimai on OpenSUSE Latest. You can log in and start using Kimai for time tracking.
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