OFBiz is very flexible and comes with a wide range of modules, including Accounting, Order Management & E-Commerce, Warehousing and Inventory, and many more right out of the box. When looking for an enterprise ERP, CRM, and Product & Catalog Management platform for your business, OFBiz is a good place to start. This open source is built on the Java framework and offers features that help you run your business and collaborate with your customers. People, companies, projects, or opportunities — all can be managed in an easy and intuitive interface… This brief tutorial shows students and new users how to install Apache OFBiz on Ubuntu 18.04 | 16.04 LTS system. When you’re ready to install OFBiz, follow the steps below:

Install OpenJDK 8

Since Apache OFBiz is a Java-based framework, you must install JAVA to run it. To do that, run the commands below… That should get OpenJDK 8 installed and configured…. Run the commands below to see if Ubuntu recognizes Java and whether is correctly installed. java -version You should see the output below: The commands above should configure Java to work and function with Ubuntu.

Install and Configure Apache OFBiz

Now that Java is installed and configured, run the commands below to download the latest version of Apache OFBiz. At the time of this writing, the latest version is 16.11.05 After downloading, run the commands below to extract and move into the local bin folder. Next, change into the OFBiz directory and run the commands below to load its default data. This may take a while for some systems. When all packages are downloaded and installed, you should see a completion message below: After that load some more demo data. If you’re installing in a production environment, then you may not want to include demo data. If you’re just testing, then run the commands below: Finally, start OFBiz by running the commands below: That should start up OFBiz service. Open a browser and go to https://localhost:8443/ordermgr/control/main https://localhost:8443/ecommerce  ==>  for the eCommerce application https://localhost:8443/ecomseo   ==>  for the eCommerce application https://localhost:8443/webtools   ==>  for the WebTools application or https://localhost:8443/catalog      ==>  for the Catalog Manager application. The default administrative account is username: admin password: ofbiz. Enjoy! Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured the Apache OFBiz application on Ubuntu 18.04 | 16.04 LTS You may also like the post below: