You are a company or a startup or simply you have a free activity and you are looking for an all-in-one ERP / CRM to manage all your inbox, you are in luck. Dolibarr  is a counter designed to meet your expectations. Suppose you have a Linux Ubuntu 18.04 server waiting for service, and you want to install an ERP in it, we will explain in this step by step tutorial: how to set up your Dolibarr ERP on an ubuntu 18.0.4 machine, Follow us until the end.

 

ERP and CRM Dolibarr  is a high-performance one-stop-shop for your ERP / CRM needs that can manage the following:

 

·        Managing your clients, prospects and suppliers,

·        Invoices: your customer and supplier invoices,

·        Orders and purchase orders,

·        Management products and services,

·        Stocks and merchandise,

·        Calendar, projects, tasks,

·        Management of accounting, cash and bank,

·        Human resources management

·        And dozens of other cool features.

 

Now, we will explain the installation of this open source tool DOLIBARR which can help you to strengthen your workflow. I'm just assuming two things: that you have your Ubuntu 18.04 server up and running and you have access to an account with sudo privileges.

 

Prepare your Dolibarr installation:

 

The first thing you need to do is take care of a few addictions. Let us first take care of the installation of the Apache Web server, via the following command:

sudo apt-get installer apache2

 

Once the Apache server is installed, start it and activate it with the following command:

sudo systemctl start apache2 sudo systemctl activate apache2

Next, we need a database. Since we are working with Ubuntu 18.04, we will go with MariaDB. To install this service, run the following command:

sudo apt-get install serveur-mariadb client-mariadb

Start and activate the database server with the following commands:

sudo systemctl start mariadb

sudo systemctl activate mariadb

Now you need to Secure the database with the command:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

 

You will be asked a few simple questions. Out of the box, do you know that no password is set yet. So when prompted, just hit enter.

 

Now is the time to install the necessary PHP modules. Since we are working with Ubuntu 18.04, we will be using PHP 7.2. To install these dependencies, run the following command:

 

sudo apt installer php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.1-commun php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-json php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-soap php7. 2-mysql php7.2-gd php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip

 

We also need to install mcrypt. To take care of this dependency, run the following commands:

sudo apt-get -y installer gcc make autoconf libc-dev pkg-config sudo apt-get -y installer php7.2-dev

sudo apt-get -y installer libmcrypt-dev

sudo pecl installer mcrypt-1.0.1

Finally, PHP must be configured. Open the configuration file with the command:

sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache/php.ini

In this file, you will want to make the following changes:

file_uploads = Enabled

allow_url_fopen = Enabled

memory_limit = 512 Mo

upload_max_filesize = 100M

max_execution_time = 360

date.timezone = YOUR / TIME / ZONE

where YOUR / TIME / ZONE is your time zone.

Save and close this file, then restart Apache with the command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

 

Create the Dolibarr database:

 

ERP and CRM Dolibarr requires a database. To create the database and a valid user, run the following commands:

sudo mysql -u root -p

CREATE A dolibarr DATABASE;

CREATE USER 'dolibarruser' @ 'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';

GRANT ALL ON dolibarr. * TO 'dolibarruser' @ 'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD' WITH THE GRANT OPTION; RINSING PRIVILEGES;

EXIT;

where PASSWORD is a unique and strong password.

 

Warning ! this time the password is not empty  J so it's PASSWORD

 

Download and unzip the Dolibarr tool:

 

You must now download, decompress, move and give the Dolibarr directory the appropriate permissions. All this can be done with the following commands:

sudo apt-get install unzip

cd / tmp && wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/dolibarr/files/Dolibarr%20ERP-CRM/13.0.1/dolibarr-13.0.1.zi

unzip dolibarr-7.0.3.zip

sudo mv dolibarr-7.0.3 / var / www / html / dolibarr

sudo chown -R www-data: www-data / var / www / html / dolibarr /

sudo chmod -R 755 / var / www / html / dolibarr /

NB: via the above command you have downloaded Dolibarr version 13.0.1 and it is the last version of Dolibarr until the moment this article is written, then you simply have to change the link of the latest version of Doliabrr https://sourceforge.net on case of future update.

 

Configure the Apache Server:

 

We are ready to configure Apache. Create the new configuration file with the command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/dolibarr.conf

 

In this new file, add the following content:

<VirtualHost *: 80>

     ServerAdmin admin@example.com

     DocumentRoot / var / www / html / dolibarr / htdocs

     ServerName example.com

     ServerAlias ​​www.example.com

     <Directory / var / www / html / dolibarr / htdocs />

        Options + Follow

        AllowOverride All

        Require everything granted

     </Directory>

     ErrorLog $ {APACHE_LOG_DIR} /error.log

     CustomLog $ {APACHE_LOG_DIR} /access.log combined </VirtualHost>

 

Where example.com and  www.example.com  are the actual domains on your server. If you only use one IP address, you can leave it as is.

 

Save and close this file.

 

Activate the new site and the rewrite module with the commands:

sudo a2ensite dolibarr.conf rewrite sudo a2enmod

 

Restart Apache with the command:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Finish your installation of Doliabrr:

Point your browser to the address  http: // SERVER_IP / dolibarr / htdocs / install /. At this point you will be greeted by the graphical installer and follow the Graphical installation guide provided by the Dolibarr ERP.

 

Don't worry nothing is complicated at this stae.

 

Congratulations, your Dolibarr is now installed!

From this point on, everything is explicit. You will eventually create an administrator user / password, which will allow you to connect to the Dolibarr instance. You are then ready to configure Dolibarr to perfectly meet your business needs. Congratulations, you now have a very powerful tool for your business among the best in the ERP and CRM markets.