Installation

How to Install BillingTrack

1. Clone or download the repository to a new web directory.

2. Run "composer install" in web directory

3. create a NEW BillingTrack database.

4. Copy .env.example to .env

5. edit .env and change:

• DB_HOST=

• DB_DATABASE=

• DB_USERNAME=

• DB_PASSWORD=

• to your **NEW** database settings.

6. save .env file.

• Run "php artisan key:generate"
• This copies the app key into the .env file, attached to the APP_KEY= line.

7. Set permissions for your site.

8. Start YOUR_BILLINGTRACK_WEBSITE/setup

9. After database configuration finishes (this may take awhile. 10 minutes is not unusual):

Note: In some instances a fresh install will throw an "unknown error" alert box. If this happens, dismiss the alert box and continue. In all reported cases the migration completed properly but some timeout was thrown that causes the error.

• Create new account -> creates fresh installation with account

10. sign in