Install InvoiceNinja – Invoice and Payment Manager – On Linux

#InvoiceNinja #Invoice #Linux

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0818.html

What is InvoiceNinja?
[InvoiceNinja is a] powerful suite of features to invoice clients, facilitate payment, track-time & tasks, expenses, and more. – https://www.invoiceninja.com/invoicing-features/

Installation
   01. Log into the Linux device
   02. Run the following commands in a terminal window:
         # update software repositories
         sudo apt update
         # install prerequisites
         sudo apt install curl wget zip lsb-release apt-transport-https ca-certificates git -y
         # add the php gpg key
         sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
         # add the php apt repository
         echo “deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
         # update software repositories
         sudo apt update
         # install available software updates
         sudo apt upgrade -y
         # install Apache HTTPD and MySQL
         sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server mariadb-client -y
         # install PHP components
         sudo apt install php8.1 libapache2-mod-php php8.1-common php8.1-bcmath php8.1-gmp php8.1-fileinfo php8.1-gd php8.1-mbstring php8.1-pdo php8.1-xml php8.1-curl php8.1-zip php8.1-gmp php8.1-mysql php8.1-fpm -y
         # configure the MySQL database
         sudo su
         mysql_secure_installation
   03. Press Enter to login as root
   04. Type N and press Enter to not switch to unix socket authentication
   05. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
   06. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
   07. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
   08. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
   09. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
   10. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
         mysql -u root -p
   11. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
   12. Run the following commands to create the InvoiceNinja database and database user
         CREATE DATABASE invoiceninja;
         GRANT ALL ON invoiceninja.* to ‘invoice_ninja_rw’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘!nv0ic3Ninj@!’;
         FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
         EXIT;
         exit
   13. Continue with the following commands:
         # lookup latest invoiceninja release URL
         regex='”browser_download_url”: “(https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/releases/download/[^/]*/invoiceninja.zip)”‘ && response=$(curl -H “Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json” https://api.github.com/repos/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/releases/latest) && [[ $response =~ $regex ]] && downloadURL=”${BASH_REMATCH[1]}”
         # download the latest release
         wget -O ./invoiceninja.zip $downloadURL
         # extract the download .zip archive
         sudo unzip ./invoiceninja.zip -d /var/www/invoiceninja
         # change permissions on the storage directory
         sudo chmod 755 /var/www/invoiceninja/storage/ -R
         # copy sample .env file
         sudo cp /var/www/invoiceninja/.env.example /var/www/invoiceninja/.env
         # create/edit apache site configuration
         sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/invoiceninja.conf
   14. Paste the following configuration into the .conf file
         alias /invoiceninja /var/www/invoiceninja/public
         ≪Directory /var/www/invoiceninja/public≫
         DirectoryIndex index.php
         Require all granted
         Options +FollowSymLinks
         AllowOverride All
         ≪/Directory≫
   15. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes
   16. Continue with the following commands:
         # edit .htaccess file
         sudo nano /var/www/invoiceninja/public/.htaccess
   17. Scroll to the bottom of the file and find the following line
         RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
   18. Replace the line with the following
         RewriteRule ^ /invoiceninja/index.php [L]
   19. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes
   20. Continue with the following commands:
         # set the owner of the invoiceninja directory
         sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/invoiceninja
         # enable mod_rewrite
         sudo a2enmod rewrite
         # enable invoiceninja site
         sudo a2ensite invoiceninja
         # restart apache2 service
         sudo systemctl restart apache2

InvoiceNinja Web Installer
   01. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/invoiceninja/setup
   02. The InvoiceNinja web setup should be load
   03. Enter the URL to use for the site (ie http://DNSorIP/invoiceninja)
   04. Uncheck the Require HTTPS option ≫ Click Test PDF

….Full steps can be found on GitHub [link at the top]

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