ERPNext - cost-effective ERP solution

[zonzonzon]

Is the ERPNext package on Cloudron still operational at this point? It has been a long time since I’ve seen any updates on this topic @nj

[nj]

Yes, the package still works.

New Installation using my image

To directly install ERPNext if you haven't previously, use this command:
Remember to replace <yourdomain.com> with youre actual domain.

cloudron login my.<yourdomain.com>
cloudron install --image njsubedi/cloudron-erpnext -l erp.<yourdomain.com>

Open the file manager to look for the credentials.

If you need to login with LDAP, you can do that by using the terminal of this app, and run /app/pkg/setup-ldap.sh add

Otherwise, that's all you need to do.

Updating

If you previously used ths app and want to continue using version-14, you need to do is run gosu cloudron bench update --reset once in a while to keep things up to date.

Now, I have upgraded the code to use version-15 by default.

If you were previously running on version-14 and now need to update to version-15 that's pretty easy too.

Just run gosu cloudron bench switch-to-branch version-15 frappe erpnext --upgrade

Then run gosu cloudron bench migrate

[zonzonzon]

@nj Hello, what is the most optimal method for backing up data from Cloudron currently, especially for ERPNext on Cloudron? Thank you.

[nj]

Currently, the data is automatically backed up. But I have also setup S3 backup to BackBlaze just to be double sure. Cloudron backup can be used for full restore of the site. It contains the database, files, and everything. ERPNext backup can be used to restore to a fresh installation.

Cloudron Auto Backup

S3 Backup Settings in ERPNext

PS: I would highly recommend utilizing your cloud provider's "Automatic Backup" or "Automatic Snapshot" feature that allows you to automatically backup the whole VPS everyday. This way you have redundant backups. Make sure to use multiple vendors. For eg: if you host your VPS on AWS,

1. Use AWS's automatic VPS backup system
2. Configure Cloudron backups to say, DigitalOcean spaces
3. Configure ERPNext backups to say, Backblaze
   If all three are in a nearby region, latency won't be an issue, and you'd hardly ever deal with data loss, unless all three cloud providers close your account on the same day.

[zonzonzon]

@nj Thank you very much. I will follow your guidance. Have a great day.

[andreasdueren]

What's keeping this from being officially packaged and offered in the App Store?

[jdaviescoates]

@andreasdueren I'm not sure, but I think perhaps most of this still applies:

https://forum.cloudron.io/post/59314

[BetaBreak]

@nj thanks for packaging this application. It is very much needed!

When I try to install, using your instructions, it I get the error:

No CloudronManifest.json found 

Do you know what I could be doing wrong? Do I need to first pull the image from dockerhub?

Thanks!

[plusone-nick]

@BetaBreak is https://github.com/njsubedi/cloudron-erpnext/blob/master/CloudronManifest.json in your root dir?

[BetaBreak]

@plusone-nick I downloaded the zip file from https://github.com/njsubedi/cloudron-erpnext locally on my computer and cd in that folder. Than I used the instruction provided by @nj https://forum.cloudron.io/post/87732 to get it running on cloudron.

[plusone-nick]

Noted, focusing on the error - is the CloudronManifest.json file currently in the system? As the output is suggesting the file is not there, maybe it's gone ‍️

[zonzonzon]

@plusone-nick You need to load the CloudronManifest into the root directory on your computer and run the installation command from that root directory.

[zonzonzon]

@plusone-nick Yes, you need to download everything and put them all in one folder, then try to run the installation command from the folder containing these files. (Cloudron CLI on Windows)

[makemrproper]

Any hope at all?
I need business applications and it would be great to leverage Cloudron beneath them. Therefore ExpNext and Odoo would add so much value to the portfolio of applications offered through Cloudron.

Yes there is Dolibarr, but it is not adequate.

[robi]

@makemrproper Use EspoCRM

[makemrproper]

@robi Thank you for the idea and suggestion that I should be using EspoCRM. I require more than a CRM in general. Here is an overview of ERPNEXT modules which include a host of functionality. The same goes for Odoo or Flextra as well.

[jdaviescoates]

@makemrproper I've not played with it, but I think @marcusquinn would say you could very likely replicate all that using a combination of EspoCRM's custom data fields and portal features.

A lot more work, but also totally bespoke.

But, agreed, regardless of all that it would still be useful to have ERPNext on Cloudron