{"id":16752,"date":"2015-01-19T12:24:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T18:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secure.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=16752"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:46:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:46:24","slug":"install-invoice-ninja-on-a-debian-7-vps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-invoice-ninja-on-a-debian-7-vps\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Invoice Ninja on a Debian 7 VPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16755 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/install-invoice-ninja-on-debian-7-vps.jpg\" alt=\"install-invoice-ninja-on-debian-7-vps\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/install-invoice-ninja-on-debian-7-vps.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/install-invoice-ninja-on-debian-7-vps-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/install-invoice-ninja-on-debian-7-vps-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/install-invoice-ninja-on-debian-7-vps-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/install-invoice-ninja-on-debian-7-vps-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/install-invoice-ninja-on-debian-7-vps-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>In this tutorial, we&#8217;ll see how to install Invoice Ninja on a Debian 7 (Wheezy) VPS with MariaDB, PHP-FPM, and Nginx. Invoice Ninja is a free, open-source solution for invoicing and billing customers and it&#8217;s based on Laravel 4.1 framework. This guide should work on other <a title=\"Linux VPS\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Linux VPS<\/a> systems as well but was tested and written for <a title=\"Debian VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/debian-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Debian 7 VPS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Looking to get some fully managed hosting for your InvoiceNinja account? We offer complete migration, installation, optimization, and customization &#8211; 100% free of charge! Check out our premium affordable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/linux-vps-hosting\/\">VPS hosting packages<\/a> and switch to a more secure, more efficient server with 24\/7\/265 amazing customer support today.<\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><strong>Visit Updated Tutorials:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-invoice-ninja-on-centos-7\/\">How to Install Invoice Ninja on CentOS 7<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-invoice-ninja-on-debian-9\/\">How to Install Invoice Ninja on Debian 9<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69c760ffa1bce\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69c760ffa1bce\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-invoice-ninja-on-a-debian-7-vps\/#Login-to-your-VPS-via-SSH\" >Login to your VPS via SSH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-invoice-ninja-on-a-debian-7-vps\/#Update-the-system-and-install-necessary-packages\" >Update the system and install necessary packages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-invoice-ninja-on-a-debian-7-vps\/#Install-MariaDB-100\" >Install MariaDB 10.0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-invoice-ninja-on-a-debian-7-vps\/#Install-and-configure-PHP-and-Nginx\" >Install and configure PHP and Nginx<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-invoice-ninja-on-a-debian-7-vps\/#Install-Composer\" >Install Composer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-invoice-ninja-on-a-debian-7-vps\/#Install-Invoice-Ninja\" >Install Invoice Ninja<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/install-invoice-ninja-on-a-debian-7-vps\/#Configure-Nginx-and-PHP\" >Configure Nginx and PHP<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Login-to-your-VPS-via-SSH\"><\/span>Login to your VPS via SSH<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre>ssh user@myVPS<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Update-the-system-and-install-necessary-packages\"><\/span>Update the system and install necessary packages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get -y upgrade\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo apt-get install python-software-properties git curl openssl vim<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Install-MariaDB-100\"><\/span>Install MariaDB 10.0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xcbcb082a1bb943db\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo add-apt-repository 'deb http:\/\/mirror.jmu.edu\/pub\/mariadb\/repo\/10.0\/debian wheezy main'\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo apt-get update\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo apt-get install mariadb-server<\/pre>\n<p>When the installation is complete, run the following command to secure your installation:<\/p>\n<pre>mysql_secure_installation<\/pre>\n<p>Next, we need to create a database for our Invoice Ninja instance.<\/p>\n<pre>mysql -uroot -p\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; CREATE DATABASE ininja;\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ininja.* TO 'ininjauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'ininjauser_passwd';\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; \\q<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Install-and-configure-PHP-and-Nginx\"><\/span>Install and configure PHP and Nginx<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The latest versions of Nginx 1.6.2 and PHP 5.6 are not available via the default Debian repositories, so we will add the Dotdeb repository. Open the <code>\/etc\/apt\/sources.list<\/code> file and append the following lines:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# sudo vim \/etc\/apt\/sources.list<\/pre>\n<pre>deb http:\/\/packages.dotdeb.org wheezy all\ndeb http:\/\/packages.dotdeb.org wheezy-php56 all\n<\/pre>\n<p>Next, fetch and install the GnuPG key:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# wget -qO - http:\/\/www.dotdeb.org\/dotdeb.gpg | sudo apt-key add -<\/pre>\n<p>Update the system and install Nginx, PHP and all necessary extensions:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# sudo apt-get update\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo apt-get install nginx php5-fpm php5-cli php5-mcrypt php5-gd php5-curl\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo php5enmod mcrypt<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Install-Composer\"><\/span>Install Composer<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Composer is a dependency manager for PHP with which you can install packages. Composer will pull in all the required libraries and dependencies that you need for your project.<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# curl -sS https:\/\/getcomposer.org\/installer | php\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo mv composer.phar \/usr\/local\/bin\/composer<\/pre>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/linux-vps-hosting\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Invoice-Ninja-728X90.jpg\" alt=\"invoice ninja hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Invoice-Ninja-728X90.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Invoice-Ninja-728X90-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Invoice-Ninja-728X90-150x19.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Install-Invoice-Ninja\"><\/span>Install Invoice Ninja<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Create a root directory for your application.<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# mkdir -p ~\/your_ininja_site<\/pre>\n<p>Clone the project repository from GitHub:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# git clone https:\/\/github.com\/hillelcoren\/invoice-ninja.git ~\/your_ininja_site\nuser@myVPS:~# cd  ~\/your_ininja_site\n<\/pre>\n<p>Install all dependencies:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# composer install --no-dev -o<\/pre>\n<p>Set the environment to production:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# cp bootstrap\/environment.default.php bootstrap\/environment.php<\/pre>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# vim bootstrap\/environment.php<\/pre>\n<p>Open the database.php file and edit the database settings:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# vim config\/database.php<\/pre>\n<pre>       'mysql' =&gt; array(\n            'driver'    =&gt; 'mysql',\n            'host'      =&gt; 'localhost',\n            'database'  =&gt; 'ininja',\n            'username'  =&gt; 'ininjauser',\n            'password'  =&gt; 'ininjauser_passwd',\n            'charset'   =&gt; 'utf8',\n            'collation' =&gt; 'utf8_unicode_ci',\n            'prefix'    =&gt; '',\n        ),<\/pre>\n<p>Run database migrations and seed the database with sample data:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# php artisan migrate\nuser@myVPS:~# php artisan db:seed\n<\/pre>\n<p>Generate a new application key:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# php artisan key:generate<\/pre>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# vim app\/config\/app.php<\/pre>\n<pre>'key' =&gt; 'iL7OD2fbvjJvIcSgalLThFaEM4gPtPNF',<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Configure-Nginx-and-PHP\"><\/span>Configure Nginx and PHP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Create a new PHP-FPM pool for your user:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# sudo nano \/etc\/php5\/fpm\/pool.d\/your_user.conf<\/pre>\n<pre>[your_user]\nuser = your_user  \ngroup = your_user  \nlisten = \/var\/run\/php5-fpm-your_user.sock  \nlisten.owner = your_user\nlisten.group = your_user  \nlisten.mode = 0666  \npm = ondemand  \npm.max_children = 5  \npm.process_idle_timeout = 10s;  \npm.max_requests = 200  \nchdir = \/  \n<\/pre>\n<p>Do not forget to change your_user with your username.<\/p>\n<p>Restart PHP-FPM<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# sudo service php5-fpm restart<\/pre>\n<p>Generate SSL certificate:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# sudo mkdir -p \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\nuser@myVPS:~# cd \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo openssl genrsa -des3 -passout pass:x -out ininja.pass.key 2048\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo openssl rsa -passin pass:x -in ininja.pass.key -out ininja.key\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo rm ininja.pass.key\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo openssl req -new -key ininja.key -out ininja.csr\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo openssl x509 -req -days 365 -in ininja.csr -signkey ininja.key -out ininja.crt<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/linux-vps-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37284\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Invoice-Ninja-728X90.jpg\" alt=\"invoice ninja hosting\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Invoice-Ninja-728X90.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Invoice-Ninja-728X90-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Invoice-Ninja-728X90-150x19.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, create a new Nginx server block:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# sudo vim \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/your_ininja_site<\/pre>\n<pre>server {\n    listen      443 default;\n    server_name your_ininja_site;\n\n    ssl on;\n    ssl_certificate     \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\/ininja.crt;\n    ssl_certificate_key \/etc\/nginx\/ssl\/ininja.key;\n    ssl_session_timeout 5m;\n\n    ssl_ciphers               'AES128+EECDH:AES128+EDH:!aNULL';\n    ssl_protocols              TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;\n    ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;\n\n    root \/home\/your_user\/your_ininja_site\/public;\n\n    index index.html index.htm index.php;\n\n    charset utf-8;\n\n    location \/ {\n        try_files $uri $uri\/ \/index.php?$query_string;\n    }\n\n    location = \/favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }\n    location = \/robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }\n\n    access_log  \/var\/log\/nginx\/ininja.access.log;\n    error_log   \/var\/log\/nginx\/ininja.error.log;\n\n    sendfile off;\n\n    location ~ \\.php$ {\n        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\\.php)(\/.+)$;\n        fastcgi_pass unix:\/var\/run\/php5-fpm-your_user.sock;\n        fastcgi_index index.php;\n        include fastcgi_params;\n        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;\n        fastcgi_intercept_errors off;\n        fastcgi_buffer_size 16k;\n        fastcgi_buffers 4 16k;\n    }\n\n    location ~ \/\\.ht {\n        deny all;\n    }\n}\n\nserver {\n    listen      80;\n    server_name your_ininja_site;\n\n    add_header Strict-Transport-Security max-age=2592000;\n    rewrite ^ https:\/\/$server_name$request_uri? permanent;\n}\n<\/pre>\n<p>Do not forget to change your_user with your username.<\/p>\n<p>Activate the server block by creating a symbolic link and restart Nginx:<\/p>\n<pre>user@myVPS:~# sudo ln -s \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/your_ininja_site \/etc\/nginx\/sites-enabled\/your_ininja_site\nuser@myVPS:~# sudo \/etc\/init.d\/nginx restart<\/pre>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. You have successfully installed Invoice Ninja on your <a title=\"Debian VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/debian-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Debian VPS<\/a>. For more information about Invoice Ninja, please refer to the <a title=\"invoiceninja\" href=\"https:\/\/www.invoiceninja.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Invoice Ninja<\/a> website.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Of course, you don\u2019t have to do any of this if you use one of our <a title=\"Linux VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Linux VPS Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to set this up for you. They are available 24&#215;7 and will take care of your request immediately. You can also consider reading our post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-invoice-ninja-on-debian-9\/\">How to Install Invoice Ninja on Debian 9<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">PS<\/span><\/strong>. If you liked this post please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. 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