Debian-based automated installation of the Kimai time-tracking application, using Nginx and MySQL. The script has been tested with and is set to install Kimai version 0.9.3-rc.1 by default.

Changing the version of Kimai to install may be done by specifying the version with the argument -k or --kimai, be advised however that other versions have not been tested and may not be compatible with this script.

Call the script with your prefered domain as an argument: bash kimaiinstall <domain>

Usage: kimaiinstall.sh [OPTIONS]... <DOMAIN NAME>  
Install Kimai and necessary supporting software.

  -c, --clean              remove downloaded archive after extraction
  -d, --database name      name of MySQL database to create
  -f, --fd-limit N         allow N file descriptors between all Nginx workers
  -h, --help               display this help and exit
  -k, --kimai version      version of Kimai to install
  -n, --nworkers N         allow N worker processes to be used by Nginx
  -p, --passlength K       generate password K characters long for MySQL user
  -u, --user name          name of MySQL user to create for Kimai
  -v, --version            output version information and exit
  -w, --webdir path        root directory path for Nginx website files

The script will perform the following main tasks:

1. Install APT packages: curl nginx php5-fpm php-apc mysql-server php5-mysqlnd
2. Fetch and extract Kimai archive
3. Set ownership and permissions
4. Configure Nginx and PHP-FPM
5. Create MySQL user and database for Kimai

You will be prompted for a root password during the MySQL installation, you must repeat the root password prior to MySQL user and database creation.

After the script has successfully finished, browse to the Kimai application and proceed with the installation through the Kimai installation wizard.