Bench

The bench allows you to setup Frappe / ERPNext apps on your local Linux (CentOS 6, Debian 7, Ubuntu, etc) machine or a production server. You can use the bench to serve multiple frappe sites. If you are using a DigitalOcean droplet or any other VPS / Dedicated Server, make sure it has >= 1Gb of ram or has swap setup properly.

To do this install, you must have basic information on how Linux works and should be able to use the command-line. If you are looking easier ways to get started and evaluate ERPNext, download the Virtual Machine or take a free trial on erpnext.com.

If you have questions, please ask them on our forum.

Installation

Production vs Development

Production	Development
The Production setup uses Nginx and Supervisor	The development setup uses Socketio.
This setup isn't meant for instant updates in code.	Any code changes will be reflected instantly.
Background services handle all the work, and they start with the system.	You need to explicitly start your server by running bench start
Uses Celery for job queuing	Uses RQ for queuing
Installs with master branch	Installs with develop branch

Easy Setup

• This is an opinionated setup with logging and SE Linux. So, it is best to setup on a blank server.
• Supported for CentOS 6, CentOS 7, Debian 7 and Ubuntu 12.04+
• This script will install the pre-requisites, install bench and setup an ERPNext site
• Passwords for Frappe, Frappe Administrator and MariaDB (root) will be generated
• You can then login as Administrator with the Administrator password printed

Open your Terminal and enter:

####For Production:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frappe/bench/master/install_scripts/setup_frappe.sh
sudo bash setup_frappe.sh --setup-production

This will install Frappe and ERPNext with Supervisor, Nginx and Celery. Supervisor will keep all services working in the background and make sure they all run.

####For Development:

We recommend using the Beta Development Setup if it supports your OS

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frappe/bench/master/install_scripts/setup_frappe.sh
sudo bash setup_frappe.sh --bench-branch develop

This will install with Socketio and Redis Queue. You have to explicitly start services by running bench start.

####Script Options:

	-h | --help 
	-v | --verbose 
	--mysql-root-password 
	--frappe-user 
	--setup-production 
	--skip-setup-bench 
	--skip-install-bench 

Beta Development Setup

Tested on Ubuntu 14.04+, Debian 7+, CentOS 7+, and MacOS X. If you find any problems, post them on our forum: https://discuss.erpnext.com

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/frappe/bench/develop/playbooks/install.py
python install.py --develop

This will install with Socketio and Redis Queue. You have to explicitly start services by running bench start. This script requires Python2.7+ installed on your machine. You need to run this with a user that is not root, but can sudo. If you don't have such a user, you can search the web for How to add a new user in { your OS } and How to add an existing user to sudoers in { your OS }.

This script will:

• Install pre-requisites like git and ansible
• Shallow clones this bench repository under /usr/local/frappe/bench-repo
• Runs the Ansible playbook 'playbooks/develop/install.yml', which:
  • Installs
    • MariaDB and its config
    • Redis
    • NodeJS
    • WKHTMLtoPDF with patched QT
  • Initializes a new Bench at ~/frappe/frappe-bench with frappe framework already installed under apps.

You will have to manually create a new site (bench new-site) and get apps that you need (bench get-app, bench install-app).

Updating

To manually update the bench, run bench update to update all the apps, run patches, build JS and CSS files and restart supervisor (if configured to).

You can also run the parts of the bench selectively.

bench update --pull will only pull changes in the apps

bench update --patch will only run database migrations in the apps

bench update --build will only build JS and CSS files for the bench

bench update --bench will only update the bench utility (this project)

Guides

• Configuring HTTPS
• Diagnosing the Scheduler
• Change Hostname
• Manual Setup
• Setup Production
• Setup Multitenancy
• Setup SSL
• Stopping Production

Resources

• Background Services
• Bench Commands Cheat Sheet
• Bench Procfile