WEB INSTALLATION
Note: XAMPP users; the Linux stack needs to be started manually. Refer the stack documentation.

Using a JavaScript enabled browser goto http://<webhost>/orangehrm2/

Where <webhost> is localhost if it is installed in the machine you are currently working on, IP address if it is remotely hosted (i.e. external to the machine you are using.

Recommended Browsers
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or later.
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or later.

Web installation will be briefly described bellow.

Welcome Screen

It will state which version of OrangeHRM will be installed and briefly what it would be doing to install OrangeHRM

Click [Next] button in the Welcome screen to proceed with the installation

License Acceptance

Here you will be provided with a copy of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE and to continue the installation you will have to accept the license . If you decline simply discontinue the installation and delete all OrangeHRM files you posses.

Click [I Accept] button in the License Acceptance screen if you accept the terms and conditions of the license. Then you will be taken to the next page of the Web Installer.

System Check

Here the Web Installer will check whether the pre-requisities are available.

If all responses are in green you can safely continue. You have installed the correct versions of the pre-requisites and configured them to work in harmony.

See bellow for all the color codes in a situation


System Check

Rare occurrence where all three states are in the same screen.

 

Click [Next] button in the System Check screen to continue.

Notes

Maximum Session Idle Time before Timeout

Maximum Session Idle Time before Timeout is checked to ensure that users don't get logged out with in a short period such as less than 15 minutes. As a precaution it's not possible to continue installing OrangeHRM if the session times out in lessthan 2 minutes.

How to Fix

You will have to change session.gc_maxlifetime in the php.ini file. (Default session.g c_maxlifetime = 1440)

Important

It is still possi ble that some other php application running in the same server overriding session.gc_maxlifetime value in the php.ini file at runtime. This will be the case if you are running OrangeHRM in a shared host. Workaround is available but beyond the scope of this document.

How to enable InnoDB support in MySQL

To enable "InnoDB" please open "my" (or "my.cnf") file in a text editor and search for "skip-innodb" and add the leading "#" and restart the MySQL database server to enable InnoDB.

ex:
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skip-innodb
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should read as
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#skip-innodb
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(in XAMPP for windows my.cnf is found in C:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.cnf)
(in XAMPP for linux my.cnf is found in /opt/lampp/etc/my.cnf)

Database Creation

Enter the relevant information about your MySQL database server and database users.
Click [Next] in Database Creation screen to continue.

Notes

Privileged Database Users and OrangeHRM Database Users

Database Server users could be assigned different rights. For the web installer to create the OrangeHRM Database, you need to give a Database user account details (user-name/password) with permissions CREATE, ALTER, DROP, INSERT under the field Privileged Database User/Password.

Since OrangeHRM requires only permissions INSERT, UPDATE, SELECT and DELETE to interact with database, the web installer could create a separate database user account to for OrangeHRM. It is always recommended that you create a separate user account for OrangeHRM. To do so fill in OrangeHRM User details(user-name/password) as required by you, and web-installer would create the account for you.

Note: Since the database user account details used by OrangeHRM are stored in plain text, it would be a security threat to have OrangeHRM use Privileged user account.

Admin User Creation

Type in the Admin Username, Password and Confirm Admin User Password.
Click [Next] button in Admin User Creation Screen to continue.

Confirmation

Confirm whether the installation details are correct and C lick [Install] button in the Confirmation screen to install.

Notes

Installation will begin immediately. Once you click [install] there is no way that you can stop the installation from starting. You cannot roll back the installation as well. Click [Install] only if you are sure that you want to install with the given configuration

Installing

Here you will be shown the progress of the installation. Once the installation is completed the [Next] button will be enabled. Click [Next] button in the Installing screen to continue.

If an error occurs during the installation the whole installation will be aborted.
Click [Clean Up Install] to go to previous pages to correct the error and start the installation again. See screenshots

Notes

If the installation is aborted you will have to either DROP the database with the name you provided in the Database Creation page if it exists or key in another name for the database.

[Skip screen shots]

Following are sample screenshots of the Installing screen


Installing 01

Installation has just started.


Installing 02

Installation in progress.


Installing 03

Installation has finished successfully.




Installing Error 01

Installation has been aborted due to an error.

Registration

If you want be Up to Date on news about OrangeHRM, please provide your E-mail address and a name that the e-mails should be addressed. It will be much appreciated if you register here, then we will know how many users have successfully installed OrangeHRM.

You can also provide your comments.

If you want to receive Updates or Newsletter select the tick box [Updates/Newsletter]. Click [Register] to send the information.

If the registration is successful you can click [Login to OrangeHRM] to Login to OrangeHRM.

If you don't want to register click [No thanks!].

Notes

If the sending of registratio n Information fails an error message will be shown. Click [Retry] to send the details again or [Skip] to skip this step an you will not be registered.

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