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Dolibarr is an open source enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) for businesses. Dolibarr's source code is hosted on GitHub. This guide will show you how to install Dolibarr ERP and CRM on a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 Vultr instance.
Database (MySQL 5.0.3+, MariaDB 5.0.3+, PostgresSQL 8.1.4+)
PHP 5.3.0+
Web Server (Apache, Nginx)
Check the Ubuntu version.
lsb_release -ds
# Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
Create a new non-root user account with sudo access and switch to it.
adduser johndoe --gecos "John Doe"
usermod -aG sudo johndoe
su - johndoe
NOTE: Replace johndoe with your username.
Set up the timezone.
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Ensure that your system is up to date.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Download and install PHP 7.0 and required PHP extensions (modules).
sudo apt install -y php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-fpm php7.0-common php7.0-mysql php7.0-pgsql php7.0-sqlite3 php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-soap php7.0-curl php7.0-zip php7.0-xml
Check the version.
php --version
# PHP 7.0.28-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 (cli) ( NTS )
Install MySQL database server.
sudo apt install -y mysql-server
Check the version.
mysql --version
# mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.7.21, for Linux (x86_64) using EditLine wrapper
Run the mysql_secure_installation script to improve the security of your MySQL installation.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Log into MySQL as the root user.
mysql -u root -p
# Enter password:
Create a new MySQL database and user, and remember the credentials.
CREATE DATABASE dbname CHARACTER SET utf8;
GRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit MySQL.
exit
Install Nginx.
sudo apt install -y nginx
Check the version.
sudo nginx -v
# nginx version: nginx/1.10.3 (Ubuntu)
Configure Nginx. Run sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/dolibarr.conf and copy/paste the following.
server {
listen [::]:80;
listen 80;
server_name example.com; # Check this
root /var/www/dolibarr/htdocs; # Check this
index index.php index.html index.htm;
charset utf-8;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;
}
location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_read_timeout 600;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
}
}
Activate the new dolibarr.conf configuration by linking the file to the sites-enabled directory.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/dolibarr.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Test the configuration.
sudo nginx -t
Reload Nginx.
sudo systemctl reload nginx.service
To install Dolibarr, we will need to install Composer.
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('SHA384', 'composer-setup.php') === '544e09ee996cdf60ece3804abc52599c22b1f40f4323403c44d44fdfdd586475ca9813a858088ffbc1f233e9b180f061') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
Check the Composer version.
composer --version
# Composer version 1.6.3 2018-01-31 16:28:17
Create a document root directory.
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/dolibarr
Change ownership of the /var/www/dolibarr directory to johndoe.
sudo chown -R johndoe:johndoe /var/www/dolibarr
Download the latest stable release of Dolibarr from the command line.
cd /var/www/dolibarr
composer create-project dolibarr/dolibarr .
Change ownership of the /var/www/dolibarr directory to www-data.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/dolibarr
Using your preferred web browser, open your http://example.com/install/ page and follow the Dolibarr installer. After following the installation wizard, you will have Dolibarr ERP/CRM up and running.