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Cloud with Zend PHPCloud

2012-02-01T14:31:08Z

Juanpadominguez: /* Submit Dolibarr files */

[[Category:Admin]]
[[Category:Cloud]]
{{TemplateDocUser}}

This page is a tutorial to explain how to install Dolibarr ERP-CRM on the Zend Cloud Platform, called PHPCloud (http://phpcloud.com)

= Create an account =
Go on https://my.phpcloud.com/ and create your PHPCloud account.

Once account is created and confirmed, be sure your public certificate has been declared.
For this go on menu '''Access Keys''' and upload your public key.

= Create an instance =
Go on https://my.phpcloud.com/, login with your PHPCloud account, then click on '''Deployed Applications - Add''' to add a new container.

Provide a name to your container, for example '''mycontainer''' and a login/password dedicated to this container.
Do not click on '''Configure outgoing email server (SMTP)''' for the moment, we will do this later.
Click on '''Create containrer'''.

After few seconds, your container is ready and a demo web application is available at '''https://mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com/'''.

= Submit Dolibarr files =
With a SFTP client, connect to your PHPCloud file system. Information to configure your SFTP software is :
* User name: mycontainer
* Host name: mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com
* Port: 22 (this is the default SFTP port and usually there is no need to specify this)
* RSA Private Key: the path to your private key file (you can download this private key from the "Access Keys" button inside your "My Account" in PHPCloud account)

With this information, you can connect with SFTP to the PHPCloud file system. It contains by default only a directory '''applications/container-root/public'''

[[File:Phpcloud_sftp.png|400px]]

Upload all files into htdocs directory of Dolibarr package into this '''public''' directory.

Once this is done, edit (with your SFTP software) permissions on directory '''applications/container-root/public/conf''' to be writable for the group (by default permission are read-write for user and read only for group).

[[File:Warning.png]] Note: If you edit a file from your SFTP client, group on remote filesystem is modified with group of your users instead of staying the group of web server. This means file could not be reach by your application. If this occurs, delete file and resubmit it. Group owner should be restored to group of web server (id of group must differs from id of user).

= Run Dolibarr install Wizard =

Once all previous steps are done, you can call the page '''http://mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com/''' to run the Dolibarr install wizard.

Let all value detected by default.
All you have to provide is:
* database server: replace localhost with '''mycontainer-db.my.phpcloud.com'''
* database name: '''mycontainer'''
* database user: '''mycontainer'''
* database password: '''mycontainer password'''

[[File:Warning.png]] Note: At the end of install process, if you get a blank page when going on '''http://mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com/''', you must before restart the PHPserver on PHPCloud plateform.
For this, login onto PHPCloud, click on link to "mycontainer", then click on '''Access Zend Server'''. Click on Button "Restart PHP" at bottom right.
After few second, try again to go on Dolibarr with '''http://mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com/'''. You should reach the Dolibarr login page.

[[File:Warning.png]] Note: Login to Zend server does not work correctly sometimes. You are asked a password and go back to login page even if password is correct. If this occurs, after entering password, go again on phpcloud.com, click again on '''http://mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com/''' then on link '''Access Zend Server'''. You should reach Zend server with no password asked.

= Outgoing Email Settings =
Once dolibarr application is working, to allow your PHP to send emails (using the php function mail), you must configure a SMTP provider.
Go into menu '''Configuration - Outgoings EMails settings''', and enter all information for your SMTP provider.

Example to use GMail SMTP server (click twice on image to enlarge):

[[File:Phpcloud_email_setup.png|400px]]

You can send test to send an email from Dolibarr menu: Home - Setup - EMails

Cloud with Zend PHPCloud

2012-02-01T14:30:27Z

Juanpadominguez: /* Submit Dolibarr files */

[[Category:Admin]]
[[Category:Cloud]]
{{TemplateDocUser}}

This page is a tutorial to explain how to install Dolibarr ERP-CRM on the Zend Cloud Platform, called PHPCloud (http://phpcloud.com)

= Create an account =
Go on https://my.phpcloud.com/ and create your PHPCloud account.

Once account is created and confirmed, be sure your public certificate has been declared.
For this go on menu '''Access Keys''' and upload your public key.

= Create an instance =
Go on https://my.phpcloud.com/, login with your PHPCloud account, then click on '''Deployed Applications - Add''' to add a new container.

Provide a name to your container, for example '''mycontainer''' and a login/password dedicated to this container.
Do not click on '''Configure outgoing email server (SMTP)''' for the moment, we will do this later.
Click on '''Create containrer'''.

After few seconds, your container is ready and a demo web application is available at '''https://mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com/'''.

= Submit Dolibarr files =
With a SFTP client, connect to your PHPCould file system. Information to configure your SFTP software is :
* User name: mycontainer
* Host name: mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com
* Port: 22 (this is the default SFTP port and usually there is no need to specify this)
* RSA Private Key: the path to your private key file (you can download this private from the "Access Keys" button inside your "My Account" in PHPCloud account)

With this information, you can connect with SFTP to the PHPCloud file system. It contains by default only a directory '''applications/container-root/public'''

[[File:Phpcloud_sftp.png|400px]]

Upload all files into htdocs directory of Dolibarr package into this '''public''' directory.

Once this is done, edit (with your SFTP software) permissions on directory '''applications/container-root/public/conf''' to be writable for the group (by default permission are read-write for user and read only for group).

[[File:Warning.png]] Note: If you edit a file from your SFTP client, group on remote filesystem is modified with group of your users instead of staying the group of web server. This means file could not be reach by your application. If this occurs, delete file and resubmit it. Group owner should be restored to group of web server (id of group must differs from id of user).

= Run Dolibarr install Wizard =

Once all previous steps are done, you can call the page '''http://mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com/''' to run the Dolibarr install wizard.

Let all value detected by default.
All you have to provide is:
* database server: replace localhost with '''mycontainer-db.my.phpcloud.com'''
* database name: '''mycontainer'''
* database user: '''mycontainer'''
* database password: '''mycontainer password'''

[[File:Warning.png]] Note: At the end of install process, if you get a blank page when going on '''http://mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com/''', you must before restart the PHPserver on PHPCloud plateform.
For this, login onto PHPCloud, click on link to "mycontainer", then click on '''Access Zend Server'''. Click on Button "Restart PHP" at bottom right.
After few second, try again to go on Dolibarr with '''http://mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com/'''. You should reach the Dolibarr login page.

[[File:Warning.png]] Note: Login to Zend server does not work correctly sometimes. You are asked a password and go back to login page even if password is correct. If this occurs, after entering password, go again on phpcloud.com, click again on '''http://mycontainer.my.phpcloud.com/''' then on link '''Access Zend Server'''. You should reach Zend server with no password asked.

= Outgoing Email Settings =
Once dolibarr application is working, to allow your PHP to send emails (using the php function mail), you must configure a SMTP provider.
Go into menu '''Configuration - Outgoings EMails settings''', and enter all information for your SMTP provider.

Example to use GMail SMTP server (click twice on image to enlarge):

[[File:Phpcloud_email_setup.png|400px]]

You can send test to send an email from Dolibarr menu: Home - Setup - EMails