InvoiceNinja

#Invoice Ninja

1. Edit the settings.yml and add:

invoiceninja:
   subdomain: invoiceninja

You can change the subdomain to fit your own needs.

2. Run the role as a normal community role.

cd ~/community
sudo ansible-playbook community.yml --tags invoiceninja

3. Visit the invoice ninja site at https://invoiceninja.yourdomain.com and the setup screen will appear.

Make the following changes on the setup page:

• Check the checkbox that says "HTTPS Required" (this will be automatically checked in future revisions).
• Select the "Test Connection" button under mysql. It should come back with Success
• Fill in your email server information Optional
• Update the Firstname, Lastname, Email and Password
• Agree to the Terms of Service
• Agree to the Privacy Policy
• Hit Submit

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• Log into Invoice Ninja

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• You will see an error on the screen:

Error: APP_KEY is set to a default value, to update it backup your database and then run php artisan ninja:update-key

• Go to the shell and run this: docker exec -ti invoiceninja sh -c "php artisan config:clear && php artisan key:generate && php artisan config:cache && php artisan config:clear"

• You will be prompted to run the command. Answer 'yes'

• You will see several 'Success' messages.

• Go back to the Invoice Ninja website, refresh the browser.

• Log back in and the error message is gone. You can begin to use Invoice Ninja now.

Cron: It is set to send invoices and reminders daily at 8am server time. There are logs in the /opt/invoiceninja/logs/cron directory.