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Easy Install on Ubuntu 18.04 fails to make a working ERPNext

installation_problem
erpnext
#1

I have a clean Ubuntu 18.04 server which has had the Easy Install used on it. (https://github.com/frappe/bench)
I opted for the Production version and have setup https.

As Ubuntu user:

 1  sudo sh -c 'apt-get -y update && apt-get -y upgrade && apt-get -y dist-upgrade'
 2  sudo reboot
 3  wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frappe/bench/master/playbooks/install.py
 4  apt-get install python-minimal
 5  sudo apt-get install python-minimal
 6  sudo apt-get install build-essential python-setuptools
 7  sudo python install.py --production --user frappe
 8  sudo su frappe

As Frappe user

 1  cd
 2  ls
 3  cd frappe-bench/
 4  ls
 5  cd sites
 6  ls
 7  cd ..
 8  ls
 9  cd apps
10  cd frappe
11  git status
12  cd ../erpnext/
13  git status
14  cd ~/frappe-bench/
15  ps axf | grep redis
16  ls
17  cd ..
18  ls
19  cd /var/log/
20  ls
21  cd ~/frappe-bench/
22  bench dns_multitenant_on
23  bench dns_multitenant on
24  bench dns_multi_tenant on
25  bench
26  bench config dns_multitenant on
27  bench setup nginx
28  sudo service nginx reload
29  sudo -H bench setup lets-encrypt site1.local
30  sudo -H bench setup lets-encrypt <my-domain-name>
31  bench drop-site site1.local
32  bench add-site <my-domain-name>
33  bench new-site <my-domain-name>
34  sudo -H bench setup lets-encrypt <my-domain-name>
35  bench update

This is the entire command history so you can see exactly what I’ve done and what I’ve not done.
When I log into ERPNext (over https, on port 80) I get this:

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There’s a distinct lack of menu entries - Manufacturing, Sales, HR…

I’ve checked (commands 9 to 13) that both erpnext and frappe are on upstream/master branch. There are no errors that I could see during the install process other than python2.7 deprecation and other inconsequential errors.

Any clues as to what’s going on?

#2

In the Setup module in the Permissions section, check Show / Hide Modules that these above are visible.

This may help with clues too Reset Administrator

#3

To be honest, it looks like only frappe was installed and the erpnext app didn’t get installed.

Otherwise you would see the Projects, CRM, Buying, etc. links. I ran into this once when I was adding a second tenant to the multi-tenant installation. The second tenant had no links except the ones this user had shown in the pics above. However, the main site (site1.local) was fully populated.

To solve this I ran the following command from the frappe-bench directory

bench --site [sitename] install-app erpnext (replace [sitename] with your site name)

It will then install the database and ask you for the Administrator password to assign to the MariaDB database for the new site.

I may be wrong, but this sure does look familiar. So, it is worth a try on your end.
Remember… Your Mileage May Vary

Hope this helps… :sunglasses:

BKM

#4

The app installer missing from V11.

#5

Thank you.

Yes, I deleted the default site to get a “proper” URL for the https setup, but then didn’t install the erpnext app in the new site.

#6

Hmm… I have never had to delete site1.local to make anything work. All I do is delete everything in the site_config.json except the database name and password strings, then run:

bench setup nginx
sudo service nginx restart

With this I can change the URL that was previously given to the site1.local, I just reboot after this and run:

bench setup add-domain --site site1.local [sitename]
bench setup nginx
sudo service nginx restart

And then I have whatever I decided in my new URL in the setup add-domain command.

I do this all the time because I have a working server image file that I restore to a new server and then change the URL without having to add a second tenant site.

Anyway… glad to hear you got something working.

BKM