Hosted OpenEMR

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.

• Now the application has been hosted in www.yourdomain.com/openemr.

(In case you placed the Linux tar.gz file in this folder the folder will be named: www.yourdomain.com/openemr-4.x.x after extraction. If needed you can rename this folder into openemr to be compatible with the next instructions)

MySQL Creation

• You have to set up your database. Go back to your cPanel -> select Database Wizard.
• Database Creation Tutorial.
• Pay close attention to Permissions.
• Note down the credentials.
• Be certain the collation of your tables matches that in the most current Demo. Guide for changing the collation. Mismatch of collations is a very common setup error.

OpenEMR Setup

• 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".

• In Step 2 carefully complete 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.
• Incorrect entries will mean an installation failure.

• Complete the setup according to the Linux Installation Guide.

• Troubleshooting Hints.

Article courtesy of Jeyasithar of the OpenEMR Forums.