Crater manual installation

This page will guide you through the installation of Crater for Bahmni payments on your PC

You can install Crater via Bahmni docker-compose easily. This is the recommended approach. Please see this documentation. The below mentioned installation step is only in case someone wants to perform a direct install of crater on their machine.

Prerequisites

MySql( if not installed steps are given in database creation).
Apache2

Download Crater Zip.

1.Download the crater zip from the link given below
Crater - AI-powered Embedded AR/AP Automation.

2.Or run the command

wget https://craterapp.com/downloads/file/5.0.6 -O crater.zip

this will create a zip named crater.zip in your system

Unzip the folder.
Use commands mentioned below:-

apt install unzip -y
unzip crater.zip

At the end of this module you will be able to access crater and its database on your own PC .

Upload to Server

1.Install the apache web server

apt install apache2 -y

2.move crater folder to server or var folder present in computer

Change permissions

In your crater root folder, run the command:

and run these command to change read write permissions, for this you may need to be a root user so use sudo.

Add your site in Sites-available

Create virtual hosts file in side /etc/apache2/sites-available
for this you need to make a new file (u need to be a root) follow the steps given below

Copy the content of default-ssl.conf by-

Edit its content according to your needs :-

Paste the content given below :-

Activate the rewrite module, virtual host, and restart the apache web servera2enmod rewrite

Now you need to Install SSL certbot ,follow the commands :-

SSL request for subdomain crater.abc.my.id.

Sync Database-

Install Mysql in your system ;-

Change password for root user :-

Enter into mysql root and create database named crater follow the steps mentioned below :-

Installation Wizard :-

Check requirements and permissions

Add database configrations like database name password when prompted

Verify the domain name .

Add the mail id and mail name

Add your information and you are all set to use crater.