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h1. ERPNext 14

long term goal is to run ERPNext in a podman-pod. Maybe this can be a first stepping stone:

https://piotrkrzyzek.com/how-to-setup-self-host-erpnext-in-docker-without-treafik-nginx-only/

until then we use Bitnami VMs.

h2. Bitnami based on Debian 11

out of the box ERPNext is installed. This describes what else can/needs to be done:

h3. convert VirtualBox-ova to be used with KVM

untar @.ova@

<pre><code class="shell">

tar xvf bitnami-erpnext-14.44.0-r0-debian-11-x86_64-amd64.ova

</code></pre>

convert @.vmdk@ to @.qcow2@ while showing 'progress'

<pre><code class="shell">

qemu-img convert -p -f vmdk -O qcow2 \

  bitnami-erpnext-14-14.44.0-r0-debian-11-x86_64-amd64-disk-0.vmdk \

  bitnami-erpnext-14-14.44.0-r0-debian-11-x86_64-amd64-disk-0.qcow2

</code></pre>

this is a sample virsh dumpxml with a bridged interface

<pre><code class="xml">

<domain type="kvm" id="7">

  <name>bitnami_erpnext</name>

  <uuid>acf57964-b3d8-4148-9391-b4552a72a32c</uuid>

  <metadata>

    <libosinfo:libosinfo>

    <libosinfo:os id="http://debian.org/debian/11"/>

    </libosinfo:libosinfo>

  </metadata>

  <memory unit="KiB">4194304</memory>

  <currentMemory unit="KiB">4194304</currentMemory>

  <vcpu placement="static">2</vcpu>

  <resource>

    <partition>/machine</partition>

  </resource>

  <os>

    <type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-i440fx-rhel7.0.0">hvm</type>

    <boot dev="hd"/>

    <bootmenu enable="yes"/>

  </os>

  <features>

    <acpi/>

    <apic/>

  </features>

  <cpu mode="host-passthrough" check="none">

    <topology sockets="1" cores="1" threads="2"/>

  </cpu>

  <clock offset="utc">

    <timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>

    <timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>

    <timer name="hpet" present="no"/>

  </clock>

  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>

  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>

  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>

  <pm>

    <suspend-to-mem enabled="no"/>

    <suspend-to-disk enabled="no"/>

  </pm>

  <devices>

    <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>

    <disk type="file" device="disk">

      <driver name="qemu" type="qcow2"/>

      <source file="/../libvirt/images/bitnami-erpnext-14.11.0-0-linux-vm-debian-11-x86_64-nami-disk1.qcow2"/>

      <backingStore/>

      <target dev="vdb" bus="virtio"/>

      <alias name="virtio-disk1"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x0b" function="0x0"/>

    </disk>

    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-ehci1">

      <alias name="usb"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05" function="0x7"/>

    </controller>

    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci1">

      <alias name="usb"/>

      <master startport="0"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05" function="0x0" multifunction="on"/>

    </controller>

    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci2">

      <alias name="usb"/>

      <master startport="2"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05" function="0x1"/>

    </controller>

    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="ich9-uhci3">

      <alias name="usb"/>

      <master startport="4"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x05" function="0x2"/>

    </controller>

    <controller type="pci" index="0" model="pci-root">

      <alias name="pci.0"/>

    </controller>

    <controller type="virtio-serial" index="0">

      <alias name="virtio-serial0"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x06" function="0x0"/>

    </controller>

    <controller type="scsi" index="0" model="virtio-scsi">

      <alias name="scsi0"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x0a" function="0x0"/>

    </controller>

    <interface type="bridge">

      <mac address="52:54:00:29:00:87"/>

      <source bridge="br0"/>

      <target dev="vnet1"/>

      <model type="virtio"/>

      <alias name="net0"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x03" function="0x0"/>

    </interface>

    <serial type="pty">

      <source path="/dev/pts/9"/>

      <target type="isa-serial" port="0">

        <model name="isa-serial"/>

      </target>

      <alias name="serial0"/>

    </serial>

    <console type="pty" tty="/dev/pts/9">

      <source path="/dev/pts/9"/>

      <target type="serial" port="0"/>

      <alias name="serial0"/>

    </console>

    <channel type="unix">

      <source mode="bind" path="/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target/domain-7-bitnami_erpnext/org.qemu.guest_agent.0"/>

      <target type="virtio" name="org.qemu.guest_agent.0" state="disconnected"/>

      <alias name="channel0"/>

      <address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="1"/>

    </channel>

    <channel type="spicevmc">

      <target type="virtio" name="com.redhat.spice.0" state="disconnected"/>

      <alias name="channel1"/>

      <address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="2"/>

    </channel>

    <input type="tablet" bus="usb">

      <alias name="input0"/>

      <address type="usb" bus="0" port="1"/>

    </input>

    <input type="mouse" bus="ps2">

      <alias name="input1"/>

    </input>

    <input type="keyboard" bus="ps2">

      <alias name="input2"/>

    </input>

    <graphics type="spice" port="5901" autoport="yes" listen="127.0.0.1">

      <listen type="address" address="127.0.0.1"/>

    </graphics>

    <sound model="ich6">

      <alias name="sound0"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x04" function="0x0"/>

    </sound>

    <video>

      <model type="qxl" ram="65536" vram="65536" vgamem="16384" heads="1" primary="yes"/>

      <alias name="video0"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x02" function="0x0"/>

    </video>

    <redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">

      <alias name="redir0"/>

      <address type="usb" bus="0" port="2"/>

    </redirdev>

    <redirdev bus="usb" type="spicevmc">

      <alias name="redir1"/>

      <address type="usb" bus="0" port="3"/>

    </redirdev>

    <memballoon model="virtio">

      <alias name="balloon0"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x08" function="0x0"/>

    </memballoon>

    <rng model="virtio">

      <backend model="random">/dev/urandom</backend>

      <alias name="rng0"/>

      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x00" slot="0x09" function="0x0"/>

    </rng>

  </devices>

  <seclabel type="dynamic" model="selinux" relabel="yes">

    <label>system_u:system_r:svirt_t:s0:c328,c377</label>

    <imagelabel>system_u:object_r:svirt_image_t:s0:c328,c377</imagelabel>

  </seclabel>

  <seclabel type="dynamic" model="dac" relabel="yes">

    <label>+107:+107</label>

    <imagelabel>+107:+107</imagelabel>

  </seclabel>

</domain>

</code></pre>

h3. modify keyboard layout

taken from https://docs.bitnami.com/virtual-machine/faq/configuration/configure-keyboard/

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo apt update

sudo apt install keyboard-configuration console-setup

</code></pre>

h3. set static IP address

taken from https://docs.bitnami.com/virtual-machine/faq/configuration/configure-static-address/

check link and current IPs

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo ifconfig

</code></pre>

<pre><code class="shell">

cd /etc/systemd/network

sudo touch 25-wired.network

</code></pre>

add following lines

<pre>

[Match]

Name=ens3

[Network]

Address=HOST-IP-ADDRESS

Gateway=GATEWAY-IP-ADDRESS

</pre>

restart service

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo systemctl restart systemd-networkd

sudo systemctl enable systemd-networkd

</code></pre>

h3. activate SSH-Server

taken from https://docs.bitnami.com/virtual-machine/faq/get-started/enable-ssh/

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo rm -f /etc/ssh/sshd_not_to_be_run

sudo systemctl enable ssh

sudo systemctl start ssh

</code></pre>

h3. ... password-based SSH auth (are you serious?)

maybe ok for testing .. 

taken from https://docs.bitnami.com/virtual-machine/faq/get-started/enable-ssh-password/

edit @/etc/ssh/sshd_config@ and add/modify the following line

<pre><code class="shell">

  PasswordAuthentication yes

</code></pre>

restart SSH server

<pre><code class="shell">

  sudo systemctl restart ssh

</code></pre>

h3. ... and of course cert-based ..

from the remote machine just

<pre><code class="shell">

ssh-copy-id bitnami@example.com

</code></pre>

h3. install some little tools

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo apt install vim htop rsync wget

</code></pre>

h3. alias ll

for everyone .. taken from https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=Debian_11&p=initial_conf&f=2

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo vim /etc/profile.d/command_alias.sh

</code></pre>

<pre>

# create new file

# add alias you'd like to set

alias ll='ls $LS_OPTIONS -l'

# alias l='ls $LS_OPTIONS -lA'

# alias rm='rm -i'

# alias cp='cp -i'

# alias mv='mv -i'

</pre>

<pre><code class="shell">

source /etc/profile.d/command_alias.sh

</code></pre>

h3. Install the Wkhtmltopdf extension

taken from https://docs.bitnami.com/aws/apps/erpnext/configuration/install-wkhtmltopdf/

alternatively it should be possible to install via something like @bench install wkhtmltopdf@ but it's not working as of 2023-10-17

<pre><code class="shell">

# cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/apps/erpnext/

# . ../../../venv/bin/activate

# pip install ansible

# sudo bench install wkhtmltopdf

</code></pre>

<pre><code class="shell">

find /opt/bitnami/common/bin -name fc-* | sudo xargs -I {} mv {} {}.bak

sudo apt install zlib1g fontconfig libxrender1 libfreetype6 libxext6 libx11-6

</code></pre>

Download the latest version of the package from the Wkhtmltopdf project releases page and install it. Replace the X.Y.Z and PLATFORM placeholders with the correct version and platform strings from the release filename.

https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/

as of 2023-02-16 https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6-1/wkhtmltox_0.12.6-1.buster_amd64.deb

<pre><code class="shell">

wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltopdf/releases/download/X.Y.Z/wkhtmltox_X.Y.Z.PLATFORM.deb

sudo apt install -f ./wkhtmltox_X.Y.Z.PLATFORM.deb

sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart

</code></pre>

h4. install alternative way?

without QT but with virtual X11-Server

https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/xvfb

https://installati.one/debian/11/wkhtmltopdf/

https://packages.debian.org/stable/wkhtmltopdf

needs some testing

h4. Troubleshooting PDF formating issues

taken from https://discuss.frappe.io/t/pdf-alignment-problem/34425/7

set the IP-adr. in @site_config.json@

<pre><code class="shell">

vim /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/sites/erpnext/site_config.json

</code></pre>

replace @http:localhost@ with the @https://hostname-ip:443@

<pre>

 "host_name": "https://192.168.41.131:443"

</pre>

h4. Troubleshooting (is just a reminder ... I stumbled across but didn't do it, as there were no related issues yet)

If you experience issues with display resolution on Linux platforms, they could be related to the xfonts-75dpi or xfonts-100dpi packages. Uninstall them by executing:

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo dpkg --remove --force-depends xfonts-75dpi

sudo dpkg --remove --force-depends xfonts-100dpi

</code></pre>

h3. Troubleshooting post migration

h4. upload attachments fail (private/public files)

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo chmod g+w /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/sites/erpnext/private/files

sudo chown bitnami:daemon /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/sites/erpnext/private/files/*

sudo chmod g+w /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/sites/erpnext/public/files

sudo chown bitnami:daemon /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/sites/erpnext/public/files/*

</code></pre>

h4. sending mails fail

encryption key needs to transfered from original installation

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo vim /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/sites/erpnext/site_config.json

</code></pre>

<pre>

 "encryption_key": "super_lksdjfdlskfdlskf_secret",

</pre>

h3. automatic backup of ERPNext

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo vim /usr/local/bin/erpnext-backup.sh

</code></pre>

<pre><code class="shell">

#!/bin/bash -l

# there is some 'magic' in the shebang, the '-l' is invoking the environment of the calling user (in this case 'bitnami')

# JKE 2023-08-24

cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench

# JKE 2023-10-13 backup sites individually and with files

# bench backup-all-sites

# bench --site erpnext backup --with-files

# bench --site erpnext set-maintenance-mode on

bench --site all backup --with-files

# bench --site erpnext set-maintenance-mode off

# bench --site all backup --with-files --compress --backup-path /var/cache/myerpnext.bak/

# /JKE 2023-10-13

</code></pre>

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/erpnext-backup.sh

</code></pre>

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo vim /etc/cron.d/erpnext-backup

</code></pre>

<pre><code class="shell">

# JKE 2023-08-24

#

#    min  hr   dom  month dow     user    command

#    -    -    -    -     -

#    |    |    |    |     |

#    |    |    |    |     +-day of week (0-7) sunday=0 or 7

#    |    |    |    +---------month (1-12)

#    |    |    +----------------day of month (1-31)

#    |    +-----------------------hour (0-23)

#    +------------------------------min (0-59)

#

#     32   13   *    *     *       bitnami  /usr/local/bin/erpnext-backup.sh >> /home/bitnami/erpnext-backup.log 2>&1

     15   18   *    *     *       bitnami  /usr/local/bin/erpnext-backup.sh

</code></pre>

here is again some 'magic', there is no MTA available. So any output from the cron-job gets discarded.

use the upper construct to debug and append the output to @/home/bitnami/erpnext-backup.log@

the backups are stored in @/opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/sites/erpnext/private/backups@

h4. retrieve backups from external machine

rsync is not installed by default ..

<pre><code class="shell">

sudo apt install rsync

</code></pre>

from the external machine, just invoke like

<pre><code class="shell">

rsync --verbose --progress --stats --recursive bitnami@example.com:/opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/sites/erpnext/private/backups/* .

</code></pre>

h3. check ERPNext version

<pre><code class="shell">

cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench

bench version

</code></pre>

h3. migrate ERPNext to new server

h4. backup complete machine

come on, you know how to do that image..

h4. check the current version

<pre><code class="shell">

cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench

bench version

bench --version

</code></pre>

h4. upgrade ERPNext

taken from: https://docs.bitnami.com/general/apps/erpnext/administration/upgrade/

Executing the following commands as bitnami user or the user who installed the application:

this may also help: https://medium.com/@prasantpant141/update-your-frappe-to-specific-latest-version-a08689fcd296

<pre><code class="shell">

cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/apps/erpnext

. ../../../venv/bin/activate

bench update

deactivate

bench --site erpnext migrate

</code></pre>

maybe it is necessary to update @pip@ and/or @frappe-bench@ to make it happen:

<pre><code class="shell">

cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench

pip install --upgrade pip

pip3 install --upgrade frappe-bench

</code></pre>

h5. troubleshoot

the update from v14.16 upwards seem to miss 2 log-files.

<pre><code class="shell">

cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/logs

sudo touch database.log

sudo chown daemon:daemon database.log

sudo chmod 666 database.log

cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/sites/erpnext/logs

sudo touch database.log

sudo chown daemon:daemon database.log

sudo chmod 666 database.log

</code></pre>

h4. backup

see also: https://medium.com/@anjanadhakal09/erpnext-frappe-backup-and-restore-in-new-site-4aa908dc3fb0

<pre><code class="shell">

cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench

bench --site all backup --with-files

</code></pre>

files are saved very deep

<pre><code class="shell">

cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/sites/erpnext/private/backups/

</code></pre>

h4. restore

also have a look at:

* https://frappeframework.com/docs/user/en/bench/reference/restore

* https://serverok.in/erpnext-restore-backup

copy files to new server into @/home/bitnami@

<pre><code class="shell">

cd /opt/bitnami/erpnext/frappe-bench/

bench --site erpnext restore /home/bitnami/yyyymmdd_hhmmss-erpnext-database.sql.gz  --with-public-files /home/bitnami/yyyymmdd_hhmmss-erpnext-files.tar --with-private-files /home/bitnami/yyyymmdd_hhmmss-erpnext-private-files.tar

bench --site erpnext migrate

</code></pre>

h2. vanilla install based on Ubuntu

h3. backup and load into test-site

also have a look at: https://www.it-management-kirchberger.at/manuals-tutorials/server-centos-7/erpnext/todo.html

To create a staging site from a production site backup:

<pre><code class="shell">

cd <frappe/erpnext Verzeichnis>

mkdir ~/backup/

bench --site prod.example.net set-maintenance-mode on

bench --site prod.example.net set-config pause_scheduler 1

bench --site prod.example.net backup --with-files --compress --backup-path ~/backup/ 

# notice: Database Public & Private from stdout

bench --site prod.example.net set-maintenance-mode off

restore into other Staging instance:

bench new-site staging.example.net

bench --site staging.example.net set-maintenance-mode on

bench --site staging.example.net restore ~/backup/YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS-prod.example.net-database.sql.gz

  --with-public-files  ~/backup/YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS-prod.example.net-files.tar.gz

  --with-private-files ~/backup/YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS-prod.example.net-private-files.tar.gz

  MySQL root password:

bench --site staging.example.net mute_emails true

bench --site staging.example.net set-maintenance-mode off

rm -r ~/backup/

</code></pre>