Akaunting is a free and open-source software written in PHP using the Laravel framework and modern technologies such as VueJS, Tailwind, RESTful API and etc.
The information is stored in MySQL database service, and for web servers, we can use Nginx, Apache, or LiteSpeed. In this blog post, we will install Akaunting with the LAMP stack.
Installing Akaunting with LAMP stack on Ubuntu 22.04 is a straightforward process that may take up to 15 minutes. Let’s get started!
Prerequisites
- A server with Ubuntu 22.04 as OS
- User privileges: root or non-root user with sudo privileges
- A valid domain with pointed A record to the server IP address
Step 1. Update the System
Before we start with the installation of the LAMP stack and Akaunting, we will update the system packages to their latest versions available.
sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Step 2. Install LAMP Stack
First, we will install the Apache Web server.
sudo apt-get install apache2 -y
Once installed, start and enable the service.
sudo systemctl enable apache2 && sudo systemctl start apache2
Check if the service is up and running:
sudo systemctl status apache2
You should receive the following output:
oot@host:~# sudo systemctl status apache2
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2023-08-05 05:16:02 CDT; 1s ago
Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
Process: 70629 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 70633 (apache2)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 4557)
Memory: 13.6M
CPU: 140ms
CGroup: /system.slice/apache2.service
Next, we will install PHP8.1 with its extensions:
sudo apt-get install php8.1 php8.1-cli php8.1-common php8.1-imap php8.1-redis php8.1-snmp php8.1-xml php8.1-zip php8.1-mbstring php8.1-curl php8.1-mysqli php8.1-intl php8.1-bcmath php8.1-gd libapache2-mod-php -y
To check the installed PHP version execute the php -v command:
root@host:~# php -v
Created directory: /var/lib/snmp/cert_indexes
PHP 8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13 (cli) (built: Jun 28 2023 14:01:49) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.1.2, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v8.1.2-1ubuntu2.13, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies
The last of the LAMP stack is the MariaDB database service:
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server -y
Start and enable the mariadb.service with the following commands:
sudo systemctl start mariadb && sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Check the status of the mariadb.service
sudo systemctl status mariadb
You should receive the following output:
● mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.6.12 database server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2023-08-05 05:19:21 CDT; 15s ago
Docs: man:mariadbd(8)
https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/systemd/
Main PID: 75849 (mariadbd)
Status: "Taking your SQL requests now..."
Tasks: 15 (limit: 4557)
Memory: 61.3M
CPU: 786ms
CGroup: /system.slice/mariadb.service
└─75849 /usr/sbin/mariadbd
Step 3. Create an Akaunting database and user
Next, we need to create an Akaunting database, the Akaunting user, and grant the permissions for that user to the database.
CREATE USER 'akaunting'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YourStrongPasswordHere'; CREATE DATABASE akaunting; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON akaunting.* TO 'akaunting'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Step 4. Download and install Akaunting
Before we install Akaunting, we first need to download it in the default Apache document root:
cd /var/www/html wget -O Akaunting.zip https://akaunting.com/download.php?version=latest unzip Akaunting.zip rm Akaunting.zip
Set the right permissions to files and folders.
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
cd /var/www/html
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
Step 5. Create Apache Virtual Host File
Go into the Apache directory and create a configuration file for the Akaunting.
cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/ touch akaunting.conf
Open the file, paste the following lines of code, save the file and close it.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName yourdomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html
<Directory /var/www/html/>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Enable the Apache configuration for Akaunting and rewrite the module.
sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo a2ensite akaunting.conf
Check the syntax:
apachectl -t
You should receive the following output:
root@vps:~# apachectl -t Syntax OK
If the syntax is OK, restart the Apache service.
systemctl reload apache2
Once the Apache service is restarted, you can finish the Akaunting installation at http://yourdomain.com
Step 6. Finish the Installation
On the first screen, choose your language and click on the Next button.
On the next screen, enter the database credentials you created in one of the previous steps:
Then create your company email and login credentials:
Once done, log in to the Akaunting dashboard.
Once logged in, you can click on Skip this step:
Add your currency and click on the Next button:
On the next window, click on the Skip this step, and you will be automatically redirected to the Akaunting Dashboard.
That was all. You successfully installed and configured Akaunting on Ubuntu 22.04 with the LAMP stack.
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