How to install RosarioSIS on Windows

Note: Below we are going to open INI and PHP files. You may want to install Notepad++ first to get syntax highlighting for these files.

Install Bitnami WAPP stack

Note: The WAPP acronym stands for Windows, Apache web server, PHP and PostgreSQL.

Download Bitnami WAPP stack version 5.4. _{(Why 5.4? Because of this gettext & PHP 5.5+ related bug on Windows. Workarounds are welcome!)}

Install:

1. Unmark all components except phpPgAdmin

2. Next, install under the C:\wappstack folder

3. Next, you may have to change the Apache port number to 8080. If so, you will have to append :8080 to URLs: http://127.0.0.1:8080/

4. Next, enter root as postgres password (or the password of your choice, but be sure to note it down)!

Activate the PHP gettext extension

1. Go to C:\wappstack\php using the File Explorer

2. Open the php.ini file

3. Press CTRL + F and search for gettext

4. Remove the semicolon on the following line: ;extension=php_gettext.dll to get extension=php_gettext.dll

5. Save the php.ini file

6. Restart Apache Web Server using the Bitnami WAPPStack Manager tool, under Manage Servers tab.

You can now access your local server at http://127.0.0.1/

Install wkhtmltopdf

Download wkhtmltopdf

Install it under the C:\wkhtmltopdf\ folder

Install RosarioSIS

Download RosarioSIS

Extract the ZIP archive files to C:\wappstack\apache2\htdocs\rosariosis

Create database

1. Enter phpPgAdmin at http://127.0.0.1/phppgadmin

2. Click on PostgreSQL

3. Connect with username postgres and root as password

4. Click on Create database

5. Name it rosariosis

6. Choose UTF8 as Encoding

7. Click Create

Create the configuration file

1. Go to C:\wappstack\apache2\htdocs\rosariosis using the File Explorer

2. Copy and paste the config.inc.sample.php file and rename it to config.inc.php

3. Open the config.inc.php file and edit as follows:

$DatabaseUsername = 'postgres';

$DatabasePassword = 'root';

$DatabaseName = 'rosariosis';

// Note: we use slashes "/" instead of antislashes as directory separators.
$pg_dumpPath = 'C:/wappstack/postgresql/bin/pg_dump.exe';

$wkhtmltopdfPath = 'C:/wkhtmltopdf/bin/wkhtmltopdf.exe';

// Optional: activate other languages; here, for Spanish & French:
$RosarioLocales = array( 'en_US.utf8', 'es_ES.utf8', 'fr_FR.utf8' );

5. Save the config.inc.php file

Note: For other configuration options, you may refer to the INSTALL.md file.

Install database

Access the InstallDatabase.php script at http://127.0.0.1/rosariosis/InstallDatabase.php.

Enter RosarioSIS

Access RosarioSIS at http://127.0.0.1/rosariosis/

Login with username admin and password admin.

Enjoy!

Errors, blank screen? Troubleshoot issues by going to http://127.0.0.1/rosariosis/diagnostic.php

Emails

RosarioSIS cannot send emails from Windows. Install and configure the Email SMTP plugin so RosarioSIS can use your email account to relay emails.

You can continue with the Quick Setup Guide.