1stel/stratostack-portal

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StratoSTACK Cloud Billing Portal.

v1.1 2016-05-26 12:43 UTC

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Last update: 2023-01-01 22:32:25 UTC


README

Pre-requisites

Packages:
Apache2
MySQL 5.5+
PHP-5.5.9+
Redis-server

Other:
StratoSTACK Bill Records Generation Server
PowerDNS Server
TaxCloud Account
Authorize.Net Account

Installation

StratoSTACK uses Composer for dependency management. See its Download Guide for installation instructions.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu 16.04 Package Dependencies

# sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server php-mysql php-mcrypt php-mbstring libapache2-mod-php php-bcmath php-xml

Ubuntu 14.04 Package Dependencies

# sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 mysql-server-5.5 php5-mysql redis-server php5-mcrypt

Move to the html directory:

# cd /var/www/html

Install StratoSTACK Billing Portal

# composer create-project --prefer-dist 1stel/stratostack-portal portal

Add a MySQL-compatible database named cloud_billing for portal's usage

# mysqladmin -u<your user> -p create cloud_billing

Edit configuration files

Edit .env, adding database access configuration.

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=cloud_billing
DB_USERNAME=homestead
DB_PASSWORD=secret

Edit config/cloud.php. Add management server, API credentials and the Bill Records Generation API key.

Edit config/taxcloud.php, config/authorizenet.php and config/powerdns.php, entering the values for your TaxCloud, Authorize.Net accounts and PowerDNS server credentials.

Populate the database

In /var/www/html/portal, run these commands

# php artisan migrate: install
# php artisan migrate --seed

Update Apache Configuration

Edit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

Change DocumentRoot to /var/www/html/portal/public

Add the following under DocumentRoot:

<Directory /var/www/html>
	Options FollowSymLinks
	AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Enable mod_rewrite:

# a2enmod rewrite

Restart Apache:

# service apache2 restart

Set permissions on the Portal

# chown www-data.www-data /var/www/html/portal -R

Add Laravel's event scheduler to cron

Add the following to your crontab:

* * * * * root php /var/www/html/portal/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

Run the queue processor upon startup

Add the following to /etc/rc.local:

php /var/www/html/portal/artisan queue:listen --sleep=5 --tries=3 &

Customization

See customize.md for more information on customizing the StratoSTACK installation for your needs.