OrangeHRM Installation on Ubuntu 16.04

OrangeHRM is an open source Human Resource Management software.

OrangeHRM software is used to manage Personnel Information Management, System Administration & User Roles, Recruiting & Onboarding (including Applicant Tracking System (ATS), Employee Self Service, Leave, Travel & Expense Tracker, Time & Attendance, Discipline Tracker, Insurance Benefits etc.
 

Orange HRM comes in three editions:-

OrangeHRM Open Source: OrangeHRM Open Source is a free and open source HR software that offers a wealth of modules to suit the needs of your business

OrangeHRM Professional:  It is Design for small- to medium-sized businesses HR activities.

OrangeHRM Enterprise: It is Designed for seamless governance to multinational companies.

Before starting, you should fresh install ubuntu 16.04 on the system
 

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt upgrade

First, we install Apache on system

$ sudo apt install apache2

Then we’ll stop, start and enable apache services.

$ sudo systemctl stop apache2.service
$ sudo systemctl start apache2.service
$ sudo systemctl enable apache2.service

Now we install MariaDB for the database. Please run the commands below.

$ sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

Then we’ll stop, start and enable database services.

$ sudo systemctl stop mysql.service
$ sudo systemctl start mysql.service
$ sudo systemctl enable mysql.service

$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

Now type the answer to following questions

Enter current password for root (enter for none): Press the Enter

Set root password? [Y/n]: Y

New password: Type password

Re-enter new password: Again Type password

Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y

Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y

Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]:  Y

Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]:  Y

Now we again restart database services.

$sudo systemctl restart mysql.service

Now we’ll add the repository for PHP

$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
$ sudo apt update

Then install PHP fem and related packages

$ sudo apt install php7.1 php7.1-common php7.1-mbstring php7.1-xmlrpc php7.1-soap php7.1-gd php7.1-xml php7.1-intl php7.1-mysql php7.1-cli php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-ldap php7.1-zip php7.1-curl

Now we’ll open  FPM PHP default file.

$ sudo  vi  /etc/php/7.1/apache2/php.ini

Please change the following lines below in the file and save it.

file_uploads = On

allow_url_fopen = On

memory_limit = 256M

upload_max_file_size = 150M

date.timezone = Asia/Kolkata

Now we log in on the database

$ sudo mysql -u root -p

Now we’ll create a database

> CREATE DATABASE orangehrm;

Now we’ll create a database user  with a new password

> CREATE USER 'orangehrmuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Type_password';
Give the user full access to the database
> GRANT ALL ON orangehrm.* TO 'orangehrmuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Type_password' WITH GRANT OPTION;
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

> EXIT;

Now we’ll download orangeHRM. After downloading, we’ll extract the download file into the Apache2 root directory.

$ cd /tmp 
$ wget https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/orangehrm/stable/4.0/orangehrm-4.0.zip
$ unzip orangehrm-4.0.zip
$ sudo mv orangehrm-4.0 /var/www/html/orangehrm

Now we give the permissions to orangehrm folder

$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/orangehrm/
$ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/orangehrm/

Now we’ll create new apache configuration file on /etc/apache2/sites-available/orangehrm.conf with contents below.

$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/orangehrm.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>

   ServerAdmin  user@domain_name
   DocumentRoot /var/www/html/orangehrm
   ServerName domain_name
   ServerAlias www.domain_name



   <Directory /var/www/html/orangehrm/>
      Options +FollowSymlinks
      AllowOverride All
      Require all granted
   </Directory>



   ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
   CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined



</VirtualHost>

Save it

We’ll enable the site using the a2ensite command.

$ sudo a2ensite orangehrm.conf
$ sudo a2enmod rewrite

For load all the settings above, restart Apache2

$ sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

Now open your browser and type domain name in your browser. A screen appears.

Accept the license

Enter the database info you have created above and click on next

A window appears for system check

Click on next

After OrangeHRM is configured. You will need an admin account to login into OrangeHRM

Click  Next and Install It.