Kimai v2 - Time Tracking

Kimai v2 - the reloaded open source Time-Tracking application.

Introduction

This is (or will be in the future, currently a lot of features are still missing) the reloaded version of the open source time-tracking application Kimai.

It is based on the following PHP components:

• Symfony Framework 3.4
• AdminThemeBundle (based on AdminLTE)
• Doctrine
• Bower

Requirements

• PHP 7 or higher;
• One PHP extension of PDO-SQLite and/or PDO-MySQL enabled;
• and the usual Symfony application requirements

If unsure about meeting these requirements, download the demo application and browse the http://localhost:8000/config.php script to get more detailed information.

Installation (dev)

First, install Git and Composer if you haven't already. Then, clone this repo and execute this command in the cloned directory:

$ git clone https://github.com/kevinpapst/kimai2.git
$ cd kimai2/

Lets prepare the environment by installing all dependencies. You will be asked for your application parameter, like the database connection afterwards (if you don't have a app/config/parameters.yml yet):

$ composer install

The next command will create the database, the schema and install all web assets:

$ php bin/console kimai:install --relative

Installation (live)

All thats left to do is to create your first user:

$ php bin/console kimai:create-user admin admin@example.com password en ROLE_SUPER_ADMIN

For available roles, please refer to the user documentation.

Installation (dev)

Lets boostrap your dev environment by executing this commands:

$ php bin/console kimai:dev:reset

You just imported demo data, to test the application in its full beauty and with several different user accounts and permission sets!

You can now login with these accounts:

• Username: clara_customer / Password: kitten / Role: Customer
• Username: john_user / Password: kitten / Role: User
• Username: chris_user / Password: kitten / Role: User (deactivated for login tests)
• Username: tony_teamlead / Password: kitten / Role: Teamlead
• Username: anna_admin / Password: kitten / Role: Administrator
• Username: susan_super / Password: kitten / Role: Super-Administrator

Demo data can always be deleted by dropping the schema and re-creating it. ATTENTION - this will erase all your data:

$ php bin/console doctrine:schema:drop --force
$ php bin/console doctrine:schema:create

The kimai:dev:reset command can always be executed later on to reset your dev database and cache. I use it very frequently.

Usage

There is no need to configure a virtual host in your web server to access the application for testing. Just use the built-in web server for your first tests:

$ php bin/console server:run

This command will start a web server for Kimai. Now you can access the application in your browser at http://127.0.0.1:8000/en and http://127.0.0.1:8000/de. You can stop the built-in web server by pressing Ctrl + C while you're in the terminal.

Note

If you want to use a fully-featured web server (like Nginx or Apache) to run Kimai, configure it to point at the web/ directory of the project. For more details, see: http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/configuration/web_server_configuration.html

Troubleshooting

Cannot see any assets (like images) and/or missing styles? Try executing:

$ php bin/console assets:install --symlink