Today we will show you how to install Logic Invoice on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS using Apache web-server and MySQL database.
Logic Invoice is a user-friendly and feature-rich accounting and invoicing solution for your small business needs written in PHP, which uses MySQL to store pages. Logic Invoice is free, and open source. By making Logic Invoice open source, the possibilities are endless! It is fairly easy to install Logic Invoice on an Ubuntu Virtual Server. The installation process should take about 5-10 minutes if you follow the very easy steps described below.
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At the time of writing this tutorial, Logic Invoice 1.1.1 is the latest stable version available and it requires:
- Apache web server;
- PHP (version 5.3. or higher);
- MySQL(version 5.1 or higher) installed on your Linux Virtual Server;
Installation instructions:
Log in to your VPS via SSH
ssh user@vps_IP
Update the system
[user]$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade
Install MariaDB 10.0
To install MariaDB, run the following command:
[user]$ sudo apt-get install -y mariadb-server
Next, we need to create a database for our Logic Invoice installation.
[user]$ mysql -u root -p MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE logic; MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON logic.* TO 'logicuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password'; MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; MariaDB [(none)]> \q
Do not forget to replace ‘your-password’ with a strong password.
Install Apache2 web server
[user]$ sudo apt-get install apache2
Install PHP and required PHP modules
To install the latest stable version of PHP version 5 and all necessary modules, run:
[user]$ sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-gd
Download and extract the latest version of Logic Invoice on your server:
[user]$ sudo cd /opt && wget https://github.com/Equotix/Logic-Invoice/releases/download/v1.1.1/Logic-Invoice-1.1.1.zip [user]$ sudo unzip Logic-Invoice-1.1.1.zip -d logic-invoice [user]$ sudo mkdir /var/www/html/logic-invoice [user]$ sudo mv logic-invoice/upload/* /var/www/html/logic-invoice
All files have to be readable by the web server, so we need to set a proper ownership
[user]$ sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/logic-invoice/
Create a new virtual host directive in Apache. For example, create a new Apache configuration file named ‘logic-invoice.conf’ on your virtual server:
[user]$ sudo touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/logic-invoice.conf [user]$ sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/logic-invoice.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/logic-invoice.conf [user]$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/logic-invoice.conf
Then, add the following lines:
ServerAdmin [email protected] DocumentRoot /var/www/html/logic-invoice/ ServerName your-domain.com ServerAlias www.your-domain.com Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride All Order allow,deny allow from all ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/your-domain.com-error_log CustomLog /var/log/apache2/your-domain.com-access_log common
Restart the Apache web server for the changes to take effect:
[user]$ sudo service apache2 restart
Open your favorite web browser, navigate to http://your-domain.com/ and if you configured everything correctly the Logic Invoice installer should be starting. You should follow the easy instructions on the install screen inserting the necessary information as requested.
That is it. The Logic Invoice installation is now complete.
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