14 December 2014

Steps to Install Apache OFBiz on Linux System

Written by Rahul K.

Apache OFBiz (The Apache Open For Business Project) is an open source ERP/CRM system from the Apache Foundation starting point for reliable, secure and scalable enterprise solutions. It offering complete accounting/ledger, inventory management, CRM, and project management systems. Also OFBiz includes a complete CRM system and e-commerce shopping cart. OFBiz offers a solid framework for plugin development allowing complete customization.

This article will help you to install Apache OFBiz on Linux ( CentOS, Red Hat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Scientific Linux and Debian ) systems with initial demo data. This tutorial has been tested with CentOS 7 recently.

Step 1: Install JAVA

Java is the primary requirement for installing Apache OFBiz. It required minimum Java 1.6 to installed on your system. Make sure you have Java installed with proper version on your system.

# java -version

java version "1.8.0_31"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_31-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.31-b07, mixed mode)

If you do not Java installed, Use below tutorial to install java else ignore it.

For CentOS, RHEL, SL and Fedora Users – Install JAVA 7 or Install JAVA 8
For Ubuntu, Debian and LinuxMint Users – Install JAVA 7 or Install JAVA 8

Step 2: Download Apache OFBiz from SVN

We recommend to use SVN download latest Apache OFBiz files. first make sure you have svn client installed on system after that checkout the latest build from the subversion repository of OFBiz.

# cd /opt/
# yum install subversion
# svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/trunk apache-ofbiz

Step 3: Installing Apache OFBiz

After checkout complete codebase of Apache Ofbiz, Use following command to install Apache OfBiz on your Linux system.

# cd /opt/apache-ofbiz/
# ./ant

Step 4: Install Dataset, Load Demo and Seed Data

Apache OFBiz provides dataset, demo data and seed data, this data is useful for experiment. This data is unuseful for production setup.

# ./ant load-demo
# ./ant load-extseed

Step 5: Start Apache OFBiz Service

After installing Apache OFBiz, Use following command to start Apache OFBiz service on system.

# ./ant start

Step 6: Access Apache OFBiz in Browser

Access Apache OFBiz in browser on port 8443 as below given url and login credentials.

URL:  https://svr10.tecadmin.net:8443/myportal/control/main
Admin Username: admin
Admin Password: ofbiz

Congratulation’s! You have successfully install apache Ofbiz on your Linux system.

References:
http://ofbiz.apache.org/
https://cwiki.apache.org/OFBADMIN/demo-and-test-setup-guide.html

Rahul K.

I, Rahul Kumar is the founder and chief editor of TecAdmin.net. I am Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and working as IT professional since 2009.

19 Comments

Russell Schiwal Reply to Russell

March 2, 2015 at 3:05 am

FACEPALM!
I forgot to supply the “s” in https.
That made the difference.

My bad.
Russell Schiwal Reply to Russell

March 1, 2015 at 8:47 pm

FACE-PALM!
Forgot the s in https.
Russell Schiwal Reply to Russell

February 24, 2015 at 8:16 am

It doesn’t work. I only ever get a blank screen with unmapable characters on the top.
- Rahul Reply to Rahul
  
  March 1, 2015 at 3:56 am
  
  Hi Russell,
  
  We have tested article again and its working properly for us. Can you please send us the error log and screenshot of error to find out cause of issue.
  - Russell Schiwal Reply to Russell
    
    March 1, 2015 at 8:46 pm
    
    Face palm!
    Forgot to put the “s” in https.
Vicente Corrochano Reply to Vicente

October 3, 2014 at 12:28 pm

Hi Rahul, it finally worked following your tutorial, only you forgot to mention that after almost every step it is recomended to reboot, update and upgrade, and this finally Works
I have an Ubuntu 14.04.1 server at home, with LAMP, WordPress an now OfBiz.
Aslam Reply to Aslam

August 25, 2014 at 4:55 am

Hi
We are in the initial stage of development custom apps, and was wondering what is the best mechanism of development for ofbiz ? and we wan to have our developers not have direct access to the main ofbiz server so is there any good mechanism that the developers could do the development and automatic syncing with the ofbiz server to see the changes

Thanks

-Aslam
MarkF Reply to MarkF

June 5, 2014 at 7:42 am

Hi,

I am hanging on this area, I tried into two different machine.

1

2014-06-05 03:36:30,198 (OFBiz-JobQueue-1) [ ServiceDispatcher.java:589:INFO ] Sync service [default/runServiceOnSubscript ionExpiry] finished in [21] milliseconds

Can you please help me to resolve the issue.
- Luk Reply to Luk
  
  August 8, 2014 at 10:54 am
  
  Hi Mark,
  any progress?
  I have got the same issue. After 15 minutes it runs for a while (makes several processes) and than again it holds on similar issue (on other java process) and you can see: Next runtime date:time (always +15 min). I kept it running overnight but the processes have not finnished (always 15 min gaps in between).
  When I check CPU 0%, RAM Free enough, Server load in last 15minutes 0.3…
  My configuration:
  Ubuntu 14.04_64, AMD 64_X2
  My hint:
  Ubuntu has a “bug?” in 64bit version on AMD CPUs – just one core of n-cores is visible/running. See forums if interested. I plan migrate back on 32bit version because software is after years still not ready for 64 on AMD platform.
  Some programmes require 32bit java … and running both Javas seems to me like a mess while wasting sources.
  Is it possible it has something to do with 64bit Java on AMD platform?
Vanj Reply to Vanj

May 27, 2014 at 4:00 am

hi! I’m a newbie in ofbiz installation. Awesome tutorial, but I have a concern (Step 2: Download Apache OfBiz from SVN)
I’m already running Apache2 at /etc/apache2 over ubuntu 10.10. Will I have conflict if I run both, or how to best install OFBIZ with apache2 (should I install modules etc only not the whole apache-ofbiz) ?
I hope you can point me to the right direction. I hope my question make sense.
Thank you.
- Rahul Reply to Rahul
  
  May 27, 2014 at 6:28 am
  
  Hi Vanj,
  
  Apache OfBiz run on the different port, You can install whole apache-ofbiz separately on your system.
  - Vanj Reply to Vanj
    
    June 4, 2014 at 11:20 am
    
    thanks for the reply. I keep getting error, when I do
    #svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/ofbiz/trunk apache-ofbiz
    
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information… Done
    The following extra packages will be installed:
    libsvn1
    Suggested packages:
    subversion-tools db4.8-util patch
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
    libsvn1 subversion
    0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 422 not upgraded.
    Need to get 1,200kB of archives.
    After this operation, 3,133kB of additional disk space will be used.
    Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
    WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
    libsvn1 subversion
    Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
    Err http://ph.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main libsvn1 i386 1.6.12dfsg-1ubuntu1.3
    404 Not Found
    0% [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com]
    - Vanj Reply to Vanj
      
      June 4, 2014 at 11:21 am
      
      I checked there’s no /opt/apache-ofbiz downloaded
    - Rahul Reply to Rahul
      
      June 4, 2014 at 12:40 pm
      
      Hi Vanj,
      
      It looks you don’t have subversion (svn client) installed on your system. If not you can install it using below command –
      
      $ sudo apt-get install subversion
pushkar Reply to pushkar

May 2, 2014 at 12:33 pm

After starting it up by ./ant start it give lot of result & after some time it hang up on below line…

1

2014-05-02 17:50:15,192 (OFBiz-JobQueue-0) [PersistedServiceJob.java:189:INFO ] Job [Send Email] Id [10203] — Next runtime: Fri May 02 18:05:15 IST 2014

1

2014-05-02 17:50:15,241 (OFBiz-JobQueue-0) [ ServiceDispatcher.java:589:INFO ] Sync service [default/sendEmailDated] finished in [48] milliseconds

Awaiting for your response for support.
Eric Reply to Eric

February 4, 2014 at 9:40 pm

Hi,
Thank you for this very clear step by step process to install Ofbiz,
all is well built, but cannot access the site with: https://192.168.1.91:8443/myportal/control/main, I tried a few other urls without any success.
- Rahul Kumar Reply to Rahul
  
  February 5, 2014 at 4:55 am
  
  Hi Erik,
  
  I assume you are using your system IP in place of 192.168.1.91.
  
  Please check if your system is listening on port 8443 using ‘telnet localhost 8443‘.
Shank Reply to Shank

June 28, 2013 at 3:37 am

Hi im wondering there is not much of a guide in installation and some gives off many instruction that does’nt make sense, Im wondering if this installation is a developers edition or on the contrary which is just a demo.
- quazimoto Reply to quazimoto
  
  July 25, 2013 at 12:14 am
  
  Every install tutorial I have seen is based on you knowing a great deal already. The amount of instruction needed for each different situation forces this to be a reality. I have a lot of OS and linux experience, a little networking know how, but no way have I ever been able to find a guide that works for my situation.
  
  Using a in house linux distro with static IP has been a real problem as I want to use CentOS 6.4 and not Ubuntu or earlier CentOS. Following a tutorial ends in some failure of some sort because of all the issues that crop up in each special and unique situation. There is no certain path without getting the education needed to be ready to understand what went wrong, how it went wrong and what to do about it.
  
  Try to find a local expert… spend some money or get learning…. these are the paths to realizing a server on your own system.