Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?

garak0410

@DustinB3403 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

@garak0410 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

@scottalanmiller said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

Do you have a GUI on this server?

Yes...running latest Ubuntu DESKTOP version...

Why the "desktop" version?

Linux has always been designed as a server first, and things removed for the desktop version. If you're using this to host applications, you really should use the "Server" version.

Just honest ignorance of Linux options...trying server now...

garak0410

@garak0410 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

@DustinB3403 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

@garak0410 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

@scottalanmiller said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

Do you have a GUI on this server?

Yes...running latest Ubuntu DESKTOP version...

Why the "desktop" version?

Linux has always been designed as a server first, and things removed for the desktop version. If you're using this to host applications, you really should use the "Server" version.

Just honest ignorance of Linux options...trying server now...

I've set up Ubuntu Server...so, trying the install again...

travisdh1

@garak0410 You might want to take some time to look at @scottalanmiller's Learning Linux System Administration.

s.hackleman

My 2 cents.. I have a client that manages basic inventory and invoicing for her business with Inflow. It is affordable and does exactly what I need it to do.

https://www.inflowinventory.com/

garak0410

@garak0410 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

@garak0410 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

@DustinB3403 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

@garak0410 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

@scottalanmiller said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

Do you have a GUI on this server?

Yes...running latest Ubuntu DESKTOP version...

Why the "desktop" version?

Linux has always been designed as a server first, and things removed for the desktop version. If you're using this to host applications, you really should use the "Server" version.

Just honest ignorance of Linux options...trying server now...

I've set up Ubuntu Server...so, trying the install again...

Ubuntu Server is set up...both of these commands worked this time:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Still can't get the docker to work... on docker compose-up still get this:

ERROR: In file './docker-compose.yml' service 'version' doesn't have any configuration options. All top level keys in your docker-compose.yml must map to a dictionary of configuration options.

Here's my version information:

docker-compose version 1.5.2, build unknown
docker-py version: 1.8.0
CPython version: 2.7.12+

scottalanmiller

Haven't done tons with Docker. I'm not digging through the history here, but are you on the proper, current version of Ubuntu or are you on an older version? We know from another thread that if, at least in that case, using the old only partially supported LTS Ubuntu version instead of the current, fully supported version you get a Docker error like this. Make sure your on the current, fully supported version of Ubuntu.

Romo

@garak0410 Set up your Ubuntu Server 16.10 vm, and try my script to install Invoice Ninja with a self signed SSL certificate.

It has been building properly in all of my tests, it seems to hang during the app db migration but just let it run. Also remember when creating the ssl cert, to set your FQDN or IP (which ever you chose at the beginning) in the COMMON NAME option.

Get it with the following command or just copy paste the full script.

wget  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rodrigo-hissam/invoice-ninja-installer/master/ininja-installer.sh
chmod +x ininja-installer.sh
./ininja-installer.sh

FULL SCRIPT

#!/bin/bash

############################################
#	    Invoice Ninja Install Script   #
#     Script Created by Rodrigo Moreno     #
#    	 for https://mangolassi.it         #
############################################


# Ensure running as root
# composer should not be ran as root.
#if [[ $ EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
#  exec sudo "$0" "$@"
#fi
# Variables and inital setup
clear

name="ininja"
hostname="$(hostname)"
fqdn="$(hostname)"
tmp=/tmp/$name
logfile=/var/log/invoice-ninja-install.log
webdir=/var/www/html
user=$USER
app_key="$(< /dev/urandom tr -dc _A-Za-z-0-9 2>&1 | head -c32)"
app_user=${name}'_user'

spin[0]="-"
spin[1]="\\"
spin[2]="|"
spin[3]="/"

rm -rf ${tmp:?}
mkdir $tmp


cat << EOF

    ____                 _              _   ___         _          
   /  _/___ _   ______  (_)_______     / | / (_)___    (_)___ _    
   / // __ \ | / / __ \/ / ___/ _ \   /  |/ / / __ \  / / __  /    
 _/ // / / / |/ / /_/ / / /__/  __/  / /|  / / / / / / / /_/ /     
/___/_/ /_/|___/\____/_/\___/\___/  /_/ |_/_/_/ /_/_/ /\__,_/      
                                                 /___/             

EOF

echo " Welcome to the Invoice Ninja Installer for Ubuntu 16.10!"
echo ""
echo ""


#Getting your FQDN.
echo -n "  Q. What is the FQDN of your server? ($fqdn): "
read fqdn
if [ -z "$fqdn" ]; then
        fqdn="$(hostname --fqdn)"
fi
echo "     Setting to $fqdn"
echo ""

# Set your own passwords, or generate random ones?
until [[ $ans == "yes" ]] || [[ $ans == "no" ]]; do
echo -n "  Q. Do you want me to automatically create the invoice ninja database user password? (y/n) "
read setpw

case $setpw in
        [yY] | [yY][Ee][Ss] )
                mariadbuserpw="$(< /dev/urandom tr -dc _A-Za-z-0-9 2>&1 | head -c24)"
                ans="yes"
                ;;
        [nN] | [n|N][O|o] )
                echo -n  "  Q. Insert your mariadb database user password:"
                read -s mariadbuserpw
                echo ""
		ans="no"
                ;;
        *) 	echo "  Invalid answer. Please type y or n"
                ;;
esac
done

echo ""
echo  "* Making sure your Ubuntu install is updated (apt-get update)... ${spin[0]}"
echo ""
sudo apt-get update 

echo""
echo  " Upgrading your packages (apt-get upgrade)"
echo ""
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
echo ""



echo ""
echo ""
echo "* LEMP stack install and setup"
echo "------------------------------"

# NGINX
echo ""
echo "- Installing nginx " 
echo ""
sudo apt-get install nginx -y
echo ""



# MARIADB
echo ""
echo ""
echo  "- Installing MariaDB "
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common -y
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 0xF1656F24C74CD1D8
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,i386] http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/mariadb/repo/10.1/ubuntu yakkety main'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server -y
echo ""
echo ""
echo "- Hardening mariadb installation"
mysql_secure_installation
echo ""
echo "Create the database for Invoice Ninja..."
echo -n "Please enter your MARIADB root password: "
read -s mariadbrootpw
mysql -uroot -p${mariadbrootpw} -e "CREATE DATABASE ${name};"
mysql -uroot -p${mariadbrootpw} -e "CREATE user ${name}_user@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '${mariadbuserpw}';"
mysql -uroot -p${mariadbrootpw} -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ${name}.* TO '${name}_user'@'localhost';"
mysql -uroot -p${mariadbrootpw} -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"



#PHP and extras
echo ""
echo ""
echo "- Installing and setting up PHP7.0 and its extensions "
sudo apt-get install curl wget php7.0 php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-gd php7.0-curl php7.0-mbstring php7.0-zip php7.0-gmp php7.0-xml -y
sudo sed -i.bak 's/;cgi.fix_pathinfo=1/cgi.fix_pathinfo=0/g' /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini
sudo phpenmod -v 7.0 mcrypt
sudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm
cd $tmp
echo ""
echo ""
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
 

#Invoice Ninja
echo ""
echo  "- Installing git and cloning the Invoice Ninja repo "
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/hillelcoren/invoice-ninja.git  $name 
sudo mv $name $webdir
sudo chown -R $user:$user $webdir/$name
cd $webdir/$name


#
echo ""
echo "---- Downloading Invoice Ninja Dependencies "
composer install --no-dev -o

# Setting env variables
echo ""
echo "- Setting up .env file"
mv .env.example .env
sudo sed -i.bak "s/DB_DATABASE=ninja/DB_DATABASE=${name}/g" .env
sudo sed -i.bak "s/DB_USERNAME=ninja/DB_USERNAME=${app_user}/g" .env
sudo sed -i.bak "s/DB_PASSWORD=ninja/DB_PASSWORD=${mariadbuserpw}/g" .env

sudo sed -i.bak "s/APP_UR:L=http:\/\/ninja.dev/APP_URL=${fqdn}/g" .env

# Running db migrations and seeding the db
echo ""
echo "- Running invoice ninja db migration, this will take a while"
php artisan migrate
php artisan db:seed

php artisan key:generate


# Creating a new PHP-FPM pool for our user
echo ""
echo "- Creating a new PHP-FPM pool"
cat  > $tmp/$user.conf << EOF
[$user]
user = $user
group = $user
listen = /var/run/php/php7.0-fpm-$user.sock
listen.owner = $user
listen.group = www-data
listen.mode = 0660
pm = ondemand
pm.max_children = 5
pm.process_idle_timeout = 10s;  
pm.max_requests = 200  
chdir = /  
EOF

# Moving the pool conf and restarting the service
sudo mv $tmp/$user.conf /etc/php/7.0/fpm/pool.d/
sudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm.service 

echo ""
echo "# Creating self signed certificate and nginx config"
echo""
# Create the SSL self sigend certificate
sudo openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/ssl/private/nginx-selfsigned.key -out /etc/ssl/certs/nginx-selfsigned.crt
# Diffie-Hellman group, used in negotiating Perfect Forward Secrecy with clients.
sudo openssl dhparam -out /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem 2048

cat > $tmp/ssl.conf << EOF
server {
    listen 443 http2 ssl;
    listen [::]:443 http2 ssl;

    server_name $fqdn;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/nginx-selfsigned.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/nginx-selfsigned.key;
    ssl_dhparam /etc/ssl/certs/dhparam.pem;

    ########################################################################
    # from https://cipherli.st/                                            #
    # and https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Strong_SSL_Security_On_nginx.html #
    ########################################################################

    ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
    ssl_ciphers "EECDH+AESGCM:EDH+AESGCM:AES256+EECDH:AES256+EDH";
    ssl_ecdh_curve secp384r1;
    ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:10m;
    ssl_session_tickets off;
    ssl_stapling on;
    ssl_stapling_verify on;
    resolver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 valid=300s;
    resolver_timeout 5s;
    # Disable preloading HSTS for now.  You can use the commented out header line that includes
    # the "preload" directive if you understand the implications.
    #add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubdomains; preload";
    add_header Strict-Transport-Security "max-age=63072000; includeSubdomains";
    add_header X-Frame-Options DENY;
    add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;

    ##################################
    # END https://cipherli.st/ BLOCK #
    ##################################

    charset utf-8;

    root /var/www/html/$name/public;

    index index.html index.htm index.php;

    location / {
    	try_files \$uri \$uri/ /index.php?\$query_string;
    }

    location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }
    location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

    access_log  /var/log/nginx/ininja.access.log;
    error_log   /var/log/nginx/ininja.error.log;

    sendfile off;

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm-$user.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME \$document_root\$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_intercept_errors off;
        fastcgi_buffer_size 16k;
        fastcgi_buffers 4 16k;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

server {
        listen 80;
        server_name $fqdn;
        return  301 https://\$server_name\$request_uri;
}
EOF

sudo mv $tmp/ssl.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/

sudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm.service 
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

echo "ALL DONE!!! Point your web browser to ${fqdn} and complete the setup"

After running the script, just pointed my browser to my servers ip (192.168.2.26) and voila you can now finish the setup.
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hillel369

@Romo That's awesome!!!

There are close to 100 migrations which explains why it takes so long, we're looking into enable use of a single SQL file when first installing to improve the performance.

garak0410

Quick update...I've had zero time to devote to this because Accountant needed an ancient VB6 program enhanced and took me 1/2 of last week to do this. And this week, another manager wants me to convert an Excel Sheet to a web-based database. Office manager still demands an invoice program in 2 weeks and wants that "legacy" former IT guy to be involved...she ignored my pleas for help and friendly reminders that what she wants can't be done at my work load/skill level and the fact they don't want to pay a developer. Not counting the day to day (our VOiP system needed some work, a few PC rebuilds and phone replacements)...

And this point, it would be easier for me if I could run this Invoice Ninja (self-hosted) on my Windows Server 2012 R2 Applications/Web Server but even had struggles getting that going...

scottalanmiller

@garak0410 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

And this point, it would be easier for me if I could run this Invoice Ninja (self-hosted) on my Windows Server 2012 R2 Applications/Web Server but even had struggles getting that going...

That's because the thing that is hard here is Invoice Ninja, not Linux. A normal app on Linux can be as little as one line to install. I wonder what IN is using that is making it so hard.

scottalanmiller

@garak0410 said in Invoice Software - Office 365 Or Purchase Software Suite?:

And this point, it would be easier for me if I could run this Invoice Ninja (self-hosted) on my Windows Server 2012 R2 Applications/Web Server but even had struggles getting that going...

Did you try @Romo's installer for it? Should make Ubuntu 16.10 the easiest option since it is known to work already. PHP, MariaDB and all of that on Windows is quite a pain, in general.