Installation

Installing ERPNext on Ubuntu 18.04

Update and Upgrade APT.

sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get upgrade

Install ERPNext dependencies by running the below command.

sudo apt install libffi-dev python-pip python-dev libssl-dev wkhtmltopdf curl git

Install Node Js and Redis by using the following commands.

sudo curl --silent --location https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo bash -
sudo apt-get install gcc g++ make
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs redis-server
sudo npm install -g yarn

Install Nginx.

sudo apt-get install nginx

Run below command to install MariaDB.

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

Run the commands below to secure MariaDB server. Answer the questions when prompted.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Connect to MariaDB server.

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a database with name erpnext.

CREATE DATABASE erpnext;

Create a database user called erpnextuser. Replace password_here with your own password.

CREATE USER 'erpnextuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password_here';

Grant the user full access to the database.

GRANT ALL ON erpnext.* TO 'erpnextuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Save changes and exit.

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Create directory for project.

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/erpnext

Install and configure ERPNext by running the following commands.

cd /var/www/html/erpnext
git clone https://github.com/frappe/bench bench-repo
sudo pip install -e bench-repo
bench init erpnext && cd erpnext

Create a new site for project. Replace example.com with actual domain name.

bench new-site example.com
bench start

Open your browser and visit site.

http://example.com:8000

Follow the wizard for ERPNext installation.