INSTALLATION MANUAL
General Description :
CK-ERP is an open source accounting / ERP / CRM system written in php and operates above phpgroupware. It runs as a web application with Apache and phpgroupware serving as middle layer. Internal data is managed by PostgresSQL/MySQL. SQL server can either be local or remote. Client access is via web browsers, Konqueror, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera and the like.
Functionally, it is divided
into 19 modules:
Administration, Contact Management, Customer
Relationship Management, Customer Self Service, Vendor Relationship
Management, Ledger
(G/L), Bank Reconciliation, Inventory, Service, Accounts Payable,
Accounts Receivable, Purchase Order, Sales Order, Quotation, POS for
Cashier, POS for Manager, Human Resources, Staff Self Service,
Payroll.
Each of these modules can be made visible or hidden from users/groups utilizing phpgroupware's native account management function.
Most transactions are
provided with standard search, add, view, copy, edit, delete and view
log
facilities. Journal reversing feature is included. Two separate
streams are provided to handle invoices, POs, SOs, Quotations and
Cash Sale that do and do not carry transactional tax (sales tax or
VAT). For detail features, please refer to the Festures List (Docs).
Demo
Sites:
http://ck-erp.sourceforge.net
http://www.ck-erp.org
Latest Version :
The
latest version is available
from,
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ck-erp
http://gro.clinux.org/projects/ck-ledger
http://cosoft.org.cn/projects/ck-ledger
http://sf.linuxforum.net/projects/ck-ledger
Platforms :
CK-ERP has
been tested against the following configurations (LAMP +Phpgw or
LAPP+Phpgw),
O/S |
Webserver |
DB Engine |
Phpgw |
Fedora Core 3 |
Apache2.0.52 |
PostgreSQL 7.4.6 / MySQL 3.23.58 |
0.9.16.005 |
Fedora Core 2 |
Apache2.0.49 |
PostgreSQL 7.4.2 / MySQL 3.23.58 |
0.9.16.003 |
Thiz Server 7.0 |
Apache1.3.27 |
MySQL 4.3.3 |
0.9.16.003 |
Php.ini
Setting:
register_globals may be set to [on] or [off] (with [off]
being recommended)
Hardware
Requirement :
If everything (O/S, webserver, dbserver,
phpgroupware, client GUI, browser) runs on a single machine, the
system will probably need at least,
CPU – Intel Pentium III
600mhz, RAM – 256M, H/D – 40M (excluding the space needed to
house the accounting data, which varies depending on transaction
volume). [However, if other phpgroupware modules are utilizing the
same machine, the configuration above is most likely to be
inadequate]
Installation Procedure :
1. Setup a working Linux environment with Apache and PostgreSQL/MySQL fully installed and started.At this point, CK-ERP is fully functional and all features are available for your testing.
A few points to note:
1. Some of the menu choices
are still not implemented.
2. Since ck-api is a programming
library module, it is not set up to be accessible by users.
3. There
is an inventory module native to phpgroupware, therefore, CK-ERP's
inventory module is named ck-inv.
4. The cheque printing facility
assumes a normal stub-based manual handwritten cheque format (not the
computer stationery type). The layout would have to be tuned for
different bank's cheque format. The included facility is just for
sample only.
5. Since the current version is a beta release, so DO
NOT, DON'T, DO NOT AGAIN use this version against any production data
or environment.
6. Some browsers may show distorted display. You
may need to try different browsers and font (size) to get the best
fit.
Please report any error to
CK-ERP-en@googlegroups.com.
Data Backup
1.Click
(CK-ERP's) Administration
2.Choose Data Backup
3.A backup
(flat) file, with its name appearing on screen, will be created.
Data Restore
1.Click
(CK-ERP's) Administration.
2.Choose Data Restore.
3.A list of
backup files kept at your user home directory will be displayed.
4.Choose the appropriate file.
5.Press “Start Database
Restoration” button.
Upgrading
While the upgrading process has not been tested, the most complete and detail upgrading process is as follows,
1.Perform a data backup
2.Delete all CK-ERP folder within the phpgw base directory.
3.Untar new CK-ERP tarball within the phpgw base directory.
4.Follow installation procedure step 18 – 23 to delete old
database tables and build new ones.
5.Perform a data restore.
6.When the upgrade does not involve change in data structure, the
previous two steps may not be needed.
7.Whether data structure
has been changed will be specified in the software release notes.
Special Handling
Last Updated: 2005-1-17