Install InvoiceNinja - Invoice and Payment Manager - On Windows
16#InvoiceNinja #Invoice #Windows
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0819.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. Download XAMPP https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Windows/
02. Download InvoiceNinja https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja/releases/latest
03. Download Microsoft Visual C++ https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
04. Install Microsoft Visual C++
05. Right click the downloaded XAMPP file ≫ Extract All...
06. Right click the downloaded InvoiceNinja .zip file ≫ Extract All...
07. Cut the invoiceninja folder inside the XAMPP directory
08. Navigate into the invoiceninja folder ≫ Create a copy of .env.example
09. Rename the copy .env
10. Navigate into the invoiceninja/public folder
11. Edit the .htaccess file in a text editor
12. Scroll to the bottom of the file and find the following lines and add the /invoiceninja/ folder to the RewriteRule
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
13. Replace the line with the following
RewriteRule ^ /invoiceninja/%1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^ /invoiceninja/index.php [L]
14. Save the changes and close the editor
15. Navigate back to the Downloads directory and copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example
16. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location
17. Navigate into XAMPP/PHP and edit php.ini in a text editor
18. Find the list of extensions and make sure the following are enabled by removing the ; at the start of the line
extension=curl
extension=fileinfo
extension=gd
extension=gmp
extension=mbstring
extension=mysqli
extension=openssl
extension=pdo_mysql
19. Save the changes to php.ini
20. Navigate into XAMPP/Apache/conf and edit httpd.conf in a text editor
21. Uncomment the following Apache modules by removing the # in front of them
LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule filter_module modules/mod_filter.so
22. Search the file for ≪Directory /≫
23. Overwrite the existing values with the following
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
24. Paste the following at the bottom of the httpd.conf file
Alias /invoiceninja "C:/Program Files/xampp/invoiceninja/public"
≪Directory "C:/Program Files/xampp/invoiceninja/public"≫
DirectoryIndex index.php
Options +FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
≪/Directory≫
25. Save the changes and close out of the editor
26. Click the Start button ≫ Search Control ≫ Click Control Panel
27. Click on System ≫ Advanced system settings
28. Click the Environment Variables...
29. Edit the System Path variable
30. Click the New button
31. Add the PHP installation directory (ie C:\Program Files\xampp\PHP\)
32. Click the New button
33. Add the MySQL installation directory (ie C:\Program Files\xampp\mysql\bin\)
34. Click OK to all open dialog windows
35. Back in File Explorer, runun XAMPP/xampp-control.exe
36. Click the Start buttons next to Apache and MySQL
37. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin
38. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space ≫ Open PowerShell window here...
39. Run the following commands in the PowerShell window to setup the database
.\mysql -u root
CREATE DATABASE invoiceninja;
GRANT ALL ON invoiceninja.* to 'invoice_ninja_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '!nv0ic3Ninj@!';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
exit
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
05. Complete the Database Connection form as follows
Host: localhost
Port: 3306
Database: invoiceninja
Username: invoice_ninja_rw
Password: Click the Test connection button
06. If you have an Email server, configure it under Email Settings, otherwise leave the driver as Log and click the Send test email button
07. Completed the User Details form by entering a First Name, Last Name, Email and Password
08. Check both I Agree checkboxes ≫ Click Submit
....Full steps can be found on GitHub [link at the top]
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