Installing Invoice Ninja on Fedora Server Latest

Summary

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Invoice Ninja on your Fedora Server Latest operating system. Invoice Ninja is a popular open source invoicing software that is known for its simplicity and flexibility.

Prerequisites

Before you proceed with the installation process, ensure that you have the following:

• Root access to your Fedora Server Latest operating system.
• A web server like Apache or NGINX installed on your system.
• PHP version 7.2 or higher installed on your system.
• MySQL or MariaDB installed on your system.

Step 1: Install Required PHP Extensions

Start by installing the required PHP extensions for Invoice Ninja to function properly. Run the following command to install the required extensions:

sudo dnf install php-xml php-mbstring php-curl php-gd php-mysqlnd

Step 2: Install Composer

Invoice Ninja uses Composer to manage its dependencies. Therefore, you need to install it on your system. Run the following commands to install Composer:

sudo dnf install curl
cd /tmp
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

Step 3: Download and Extract Invoice Ninja

Create a directory where you will download and extract Invoice Ninja. For example, create a folder called invoiceninja in the /var/www/html directory.

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/invoiceninja

Change to the newly created directory and download the latest version of Invoice Ninja from GitHub using the following command:

cd /var/www/html/invoiceninja
sudo curl -sL https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/archive/v5.2.12.tar.gz | sudo tar xz --strip 1

Step 4: Configure the Web Server

You need to configure your web server to serve the Invoice Ninja files. In this tutorial, we will use Apache web server.

Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file called invoiceninja.conf in the /etc/httpd/conf.d directory with the following content:

sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/invoiceninja.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName your_domain.com
   DocumentRoot /var/www/html/invoiceninja
   <Directory /var/www/html/invoiceninja>
       AllowOverride All
   </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Restart the Apache service to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 5: Create MySQL/MariaDB Database and User

You need to create a new MySQL/MariaDB database and user for Invoice Ninja.

Log in to your MySQL/MariaDB server:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database and user:

CREATE DATABASE invoiceninja;
CREATE USER 'invoiceninjauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON invoiceninja.* TO 'invoiceninjauser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 6: Configure Invoice Ninja

Create a new .env file in the Invoice Ninja root directory to configure the application:

sudo cp .env.example .env
sudo vi .env

Update the .env file with the following settings:

APP_URL=http://localhost
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=invoiceninja
DB_USERNAME=invoiceninjauser
DB_PASSWORD=your_password

Save and close the file.

Step 7: Install Invoice Ninja Dependencies

Install the necessary dependencies by running the following commands:

composer install --no-dev --prefer-source
php artisan optimize

Step 8: Create an Application Key

Generate a new application key by running the following command:

php artisan key:generate

Step 9: Run the Application Installer

Run the following command to execute the application installer:

php artisan ninja:install

Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation process.

Step 10: Access the Invoice Ninja Application

Once the installation is complete, you can access the Invoice Ninja application by navigating to http://your_server_ip_address/invoiceninja in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Invoice Ninja on your Fedora Server Latest operating system. We hope that you found it helpful and that you were able to successfully install Invoice Ninja.