Installation of Apex is quite simple, and should only take a few minutes. We suggest Ubuntu 18.04, but any LINUX distribution will work. Ensure you're running PHP 7.2 or later, then ensure your server meets the requirements with the following command via SSH.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install redis libfreetype6-dev php-tokenizer php-mbstring php-zip php-gd php-redis php-gd composer git
Once done, install Apex by running the following commands:
composer --no-dev create-project apex/apex DIRNAME
cd DIRNAME
./apex
This will create a directory at DIRNAME, download Apex and all dependencies into it, and start the installation wizard. Follow the instructions
within the installation wizard to complete the installation. You must also change the document root of
your HTTP server in Apache / Nginx to the /public/ sub-directory of the Apex installation. Once done, Apex should begin coming up fine in your web browser. Enjoy!
If using Apache, ensure the AllowOverride All directive within your virtual host is set, and the
/public/.htaccess file should
handle the rewrites correctly. If using Nginx, you will need to slightly modify the server confirmation. Within the location { } directive for
document root, add the line:
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
Once the base installation is done, you can easily install additional packages. You may list all packages
available with: ./apex list_packages
You can install a package with, for example for the "users" package: ./apex install users
You can also install multiple packages at one time with for example: ./apex install webapp cms maintenance multi_admins users transaction support
You may also have access to private packages that were either purchased commercially or developed exclusively for you. In this case, you should have a hostname, username and password to a private repository. You must first add the repository to your system with:
./apex add_repo HOST USERNAME PASSWORD
Once done, you can go ahead and install your private packages as normal with: ./apex install PACKAGE