Install InfyLMS

If you have purchased the InfyLMS system then you will be able to find dist.zip within the main zip file.

Extract that file on your local and follow the following steps:

1. Copy files to a web server

Upload dist.zip to your web server's root (public_html) and extract it there.

2. Setup your Database

Open PHPMyAdmin on your server and do a login.

Database Login

Click on the Databases tab.

Database

Create a new database and specify a Database name of your choice and click the Create button.

Database Create

Now on the left, select the database that you have created and click Import in the top menu

Import

Under Import, choose the database SQL file from dist/database/lms.sql from the extracted file from your local and click the Go button.

Import File

3. Setup environment file

Open .env file on your server's root folder.

Setup

Update the following variables in your .env file.

APP_NAME - Name of your Application/Library System APP_URL - Change this URL with your server URL (including trailing path if you are putting it in sub folder or root website) DB_HOST - Put your database hostname here DB_PORT - Put your database port here if it does not default to 3306 DB_DATABASE - Change it to your database name DB_USERNAME - Name of your database user DB_PASSWORD - Password of your database user SANCTUM_TTL - value in minutes of token expiration EBOOK_DISK - disk where e-books are stored, default set to ebook

You will also need to set up mail configuration and update the following variables. You can use the below video for the reference on how to setup email configuration for cPanel servers.

MAIL_DRIVER - Mail Driver MAIL_HOST - Your mail driver host MAIL_PORT - Mail port MAIL_USERNAME - Mail service username MAIL_PASSWORD - Mail service password MAIL_ENCRYPTION - Mail encryption (optional)

If you want to store your files to direct your s3 bucket then you have to use following .env variables. You need to change FILESYSTEM_DRIVER value to s3 when you are using AWS file storage.

AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID= AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY= AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1 AWS_BUCKET= AWS_ENDPOINT= AWS_URL=

You can also use your choice of storage driver to store your media assets if you want. All of your attachments will be placed into that.

And you should be ready to go.

4. Login with default Super Admin User

You can access admin login url by YOUR_APP_URL/#/app/admin/login.

Now enter default admin email admin@lms.com and default password lms@12345 to login. After login you will able to see dashboard screen. Also it's strongly recommended that you change Admin password from Profile at top right corner.

You can access member login url by YOUR_APP_URL/#/app/login.

Default member credentials is :

email : member@lms.com pass : lms@12345

5. Setup Library Branding (Optional)

Next step is to setup your library branding from Settings screen. there are many options available there. To do that, select Settings menu (Under CMS Menu) from the left sidebar shown in below screenshot.

Settings Menu

You can change your library logo from change logo option.

Change Logo

2. Change the Library Name

You can change your library name by using this option.

Library Name

3. Change Currency

You can change your currency by using this option, we are supporting 7 difference currencies.

Currency

4. Change Default Issue/Reserve due days

You can set the maximum days to issue book after book reservation by using this option.

Reserve Due days

5. Change Default Return due days

You can set the maximum days to return book after book issue.

Return Due Days

6. Change Default Issued books limit

You can set the maximum issued books limit per member.

Database Login

7. Change Default Reserved books limit

You can set the maximum reserved books limit per member.

Issue Books Limit

8. Change Default Language

We are supporting 11 different languages, you can set you prefer language by using this option.

Language

9. Change Favicon

You can change your site favicon icon by using this option.

Change Favicon