How to setup Dolibarr ERP/CRM on Windows in Azure/AWS/GCP
To install Dolibarr ERP / CRM – enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) open source software solution into any of the cloud platforms. Install using the readily available images in the cloud marketplaces. Click on the links below to deploy into your cloud platform.
Setup Dolibarr on Azure
Deploy Dolibarr on Windows 2019 in Azure
Deploy Dolibarr on Windows 2016 in Azure
Getting Started
Once you have deployed Dolibarr on Windows server, the first step is to RDP into the new instance once it has fully booted up. The following links explain how to connect the VM once it has finished being deployed:
- How to RDP to AWS Windows Instance
- How to RDP to Google GCP Windows Instance
- How to RDP to Azure Windows Virtual Machine
Once logged in, you’re now ready to start setting up your new server as per the following sections.
Setting up Dolibarr
Dolibarr install directory is: ‘C:\dolibarr‘
The first step is to launch Dolibarr from the desktop icon and follow the setup instructions. It will ask some questions to get the installation up and running
In the setup, leave all the default options and press ‘Next Start‘ in all the windows as below:
Press ‘Start‘
Next, leave default options in the database install and press ‘Next Step‘
The MySQL root password for Dolibarr is – changeme
Once setup has completed it will ask you what password you would like to set for the Dolibarr admin login.
Documentation
User / Administration documentation can be found on:
https://wiki.dolibarr.org/index.php/User_documentation#Administration
Community Support
For any questions / help with configuring Dolibarr check out the forum
https://wiki.dolibarr.org/index.php/Dolibarr_help_and_support
Installation Support
If you have any problems with installing Dolibarr in any of the cloud environments please comment below or contact us and we will assist as much as we can
Firewall Ports
If you need to open any firewall ports on your VM, the following links explain how to create them:
Dolibarr uses the following ports
TCP 80 – Web portal (Apache)
TCP 443 – Web portal (Apache)
To setup AWS firewall rules refer to – AWS Security Groups
To setup Azure firewall rules refer to – Azure Network Security Groups
To setup Google GCP firewall rules refer to – Creating GCP Firewalls
Disclaimer: Dolibarr is a registered trademark of Dolibarr foundation & licenced under GPL v3. No warrantee of any kind, express or implied, is included with this software. Use at your risk, responsibility for damages (if any) to anyone resulting from the use of this software rest entirely with the user. The author is not responsible for any damage that its use could cause.
