Open Source POS is a web-based point of sale system that is built with PHP and MySQL. It is an open-source project that you can download from the Github repository. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Open Source POS on NixOS.
Before starting, you need to have the following prerequisites:
First, log in to your NixOS instance and open a terminal. Then, clone the Open Source POS repository from Github:
$ git clone https://github.com/opensourcepos/opensourcepos.git
This will create a opensourcepos
directory in your current location.
Open Source POS is built with PHP and MySQL. So, you need to install PHP and MySQL on your NixOS instance. You can install them using the following command:
$ sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.php nixpkgs.mysql
You also need to install some required packages and dependencies for Open Source POS:
$ cd opensourcepos
$ composer install
This will install all the required dependencies for Open Source POS. This may take a while depending on your internet speed.
Next, you need to create a MySQL database for Open Source POS. You can do this by logging in to your MySQL server and creating a new database:
$ mysql -u root -p
> CREATE DATABASE opensourcepos;
Open Source POS comes with a default configuration file that you need to configure before using it. You can copy the default configuration file and rename it to config.php
:
$ cp config.example.php config.php
Then, edit the config.php
file and set your database credentials:
$ nano config.php
define('DB_TYPE', 'mysql');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_USER', 'your_db_user');
define('DB_PASS', 'your_db_password');
define('DB_NAME', 'opensourcepos');
Save and close the file. Make sure you replace your_db_user
and your_db_password
with your actual database user and password.
Next, you need to set the required permissions for Open Source POS:
$ chmod -R 777 cache/
$ chmod -R 777 uploads/
$ chmod -R 777 assets/
Finally, start the PHP built-in server with the following command:
$ php -S localhost:8000 -t public/
This command will start the server on localhost:8000
. Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000
to access Open Source POS.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Open Source POS on NixOS. Now, you can use this powerful web-based POS system to manage your sales and inventory.
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