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::* Enter the Database Name, Login Name and Password from MySQL Creation above.
::* Enter the Database Name, Login Name and Password from MySQL Creation above.
::* The User Hostname is '''not''' localhost, but the IP address of the server running Apache/PHP.
::* The User Hostname is '''not''' localhost, but the IP address of the server running Apache/PHP.
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Revision as of 00:03, 13 January 2015

Foreword

Installation of OpenEMR will require a number of distinct steps that often trip up the user in a hosted environment.

OpenEMR Location

  • Open File Manager in cPanel.
  • Select your domain's document root. Make sure you are in your domain's public_html folder.
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  • Upload openemr folder with all sub directories in it. You can zip and then extract it from your File Manager.
  • Now the application has been hosted in www.yourdomain.com/openemr.

MySQL Creation

  • You have to setup your database. Go back to your cPanel -> select Database Wizard.
  • Database Creation Tutorial.
  • Pay close attention to Permissions.
  • Note down the credentials.

OpenEMR Setup

  • Open the browser and navigate to www.yourdomain.com/openemr to start the installation.
  • There will a series of entries which are very different from a localhost installation.
  • In Step 1 select second option, "I have already created the database".
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  • In Step 2 pay close attention to your entries in the MySQL Server section.
  • The Server Host is not localhost, but the IP address of the server running MySQL.
  • Enter the Database Name, Login Name and Password from MySQL Creation above.
  • The User Hostname is not localhost, but the IP address of the server running Apache/PHP.
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  • Complete the setup according to the Linux Installation Guide.
  • Be certain the collation of lang_constants, lang_custom, lang_definitions and lang_languages tables of your database matches that in the most current Demo.


Article courtesy of Jeyasithar of the OpenEMR Forums.