Installation of ERPNext
ERPNext is free and opensource Enterprise Resource Planning software which you can use for any Manufacturing Company, Product Distribution Company or Service Companies.
It is easy to use and you can customize it as per your own requirements.
You can go through the ERPNext Document
Advantages of ERPNext:
- Easy-to-use interface.
- Self-implementation capability.
- Open-source solution.
- Centralized platform for accounting, projects, CRM, HR, and payroll.
- Flexible platform for managing financial planning, accounting, and budgeting processes.
- It is also useful for accounting and finance tools, multicurrency support, reports, tax, calculation, bank and payment rectification.
Let's see how to install ERPNext on you VPS:
Prerequisite
Get a VPS with minimum 1 GB RAM, 1 vCore, 30 GB Disk space with ubuntu 16 or ubuntu 18 Operating System installed.
Step 1-
Login to your VPS as root user via SSH.
Make sure that VPS is freshly installed, there should not be any other applications installed.
Step 2-
Update and upgrade.
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
Step 3-
Create an user and modify
adduser erp
it will ask for user password put your preferred password
usermod -aG sudo erp
Step 4-
Reboot the VPS, you can use below command or else if you have any panel where you can reboot you VPS
reboot
Step 5-
Again login to your VPS via SSH. Login as erp user
su erp
Step 6-
Install Python3 build essentials
sudo apt-get install python3-minimal build-essential python3-setuptools
Step 7-
Get the ERPNext install file.
sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frappe/bench/master/playbooks/install.py
export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
Step 8-
Install libssl
sudo apt-get install libffi-dev libssl-dev
Step 9-
Login as root user
su root
Update pip version
pip3 install pip --upgrade
Step 10-
Run the Installation file with created user here we created 'erp'.
sudo python3 install.py --production --user erp
While installation it will ask for Database and Administrator Password, put your preferred password
Accessing ERPNext
Open browser and put the VPS IP in browser. Login page will be opened. Type user Administrator and password which you entered while installation.
