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Firefly-III

Preparation

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y nginx curl software-properties-common php8.3 php8.3-{cli,zip,gd,fpm,common,mysql,zip,mbstring,curl,xml,bcmath,imap,ldap,intl} php-json

Check to see if php is running

php -v and systemctl status php8.3-fpm

Adjust some php settings

sudo nvim /etc/php/8.3/fpm/php.ini

search for and change or enable the following lines of code

memory_limit = 512M

[Date]
date.timezone = Europe/Berlin

stop apache

sudo systemctl stop apache2
sudo systemctl disable apache2

remove nginx file

sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

create "firefly.dodekaeder.name" in sites-enabled folder and then paste in the config below

sudo nvim firefly.dodekaeder.name

server {
        listen       80 default_server;
        listen       [::]:80 default_server;
        #server_name  subdomain.domain.com;
        root         /var/www/html/firefly-iii/public;
        index index.html index.htm index.php;

        location / {
                try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
                autoindex on;
                sendfile off;
       }

        location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.3-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_read_timeout 240;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.+)$;
        }

    }

restart

sudo systemctl restart nginx php8.3-fpm

If you get an error due to duplicate web servers, you need to remove the symbolic link in sites-available (ls -l) and then rm the link

Install mariaDB

curl -LsS https://r.mariadb.com/downloads/mariadb_repo_setup | sudo bash -s -- \
  --mariadb-server-version="mariadb-10.11" --os-type="ubuntu" --os-version="noble"
sudo apt install -y mariadb-server mariadb-client
sudo mysql_secure_installation

test installation

mysql -u root -p

in the mysql shell, check version with the command in bold

SELECT VERSION();

while still inside the mariaDB shell:

CREATE DATABASE firefly_db;
CREATE USER 'fireflyuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpasswordhere';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON firefly_db.* TO 'fireflyuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

cd ~
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

test composer

composer -V

install firefly - change the version number at the end of the command below to whatever the latest is

cd /var/www/html/
sudo chown elias /var/www/html
composer create-project grumpydictator/firefly-iii --no-dev --prefer-dist firefly-iii 6.1.24

cd /var/www/html/firefly-iii

Change in the ".env" file those lines:

DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_DATABASEE=firefly_db
DB_USERNAME=<usr>
DB_PASSWORD=<pwd>
DB_SOCKET=/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock

TZ=Europe/Berlin

continue instalation

php artisan migrate:refresh --seed
php artisan firefly-iii:upgrade-database
php artisan passport:install

Make sure we have the right locale enabled (currency and language?)

First check to see what is enabled. I want (en_US.utf8, en_US.UTF-8)

locale -a
sudo nvim /etc/locale.gen and uncomment the line en_US.utf8, en_US.UTF-8
sudo locale-gen
sudo systemctl restart nginx php8.3-fpm

That should be it. Navigate to the container IP address and you should get firefly Login

Nginx

Install Nginx with

sudo apt install nginx
sudo service nginx start
sudo systemctl enable nginx

Create a new Configuration File with:
sudo vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/mywebsite
and test ist with sudo nginx -tand then restart with sudo service nginx restart

PHP

install php 8.3 with

apt-get install ca-certificates apt-transport-https software-properties-common
# Add Ondrej's PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update

# Install new PHP 8.3 packages
sudo apt install php8.3 php8.3-cli php8.3-{bz2,curl,mbstring,intl}

# Install FPM OR Apache module
sudo apt install php8.3-fpm
# OR
# sudo apt install libapache2-mod-php8.2

# On Apache: Enable PHP 8.3 FPM
sudo a2enconf php8.3-fpm
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