1 Thank you for your contribution. OpenEMR (and global healthcare) continues to get better because of people like you!
3 The maintainers of OpenEMR want to get your pull request in as seamlessly as possible, so please ensure your code is consistent with our [development policies](https://open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Development_Policies).
5 ## Code Contributions (local development)
7 You will need a "local" version of OpenEMR to make changes to the source code. The easiest way to do this is with [Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/openemr/openemr/):
11 ### Starting with OpenEMR Development Docker Environment
13 1. [Create your own fork of OpenEMR](https://github.com/openemr/openemr/fork) (you will need a GitHub account) and `git clone` it to your local machine.
14 - If you haven't already, [install git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) for your system
15 - (optional) If you want to set up the base services(e.g. git, docker, docker-compose, openemr-cmd, minkube and kubectl) easily, please try [openemr-env-installer](https://github.com/openemr/openemr-devops/tree/master/utilities/openemr-env-installer)
16 - (optional) It's best to also add an `upstream` origin to keep your local fork up to date. [Check out this guide](https://oneemptymind.wordpress.com/2018/07/11/keeping-a-fork-up-to-date/) for more info.
17 2. `cd openemr/docker/development-easy` (if you are running this on Raspberry Pi, then instead do `cd openemr/docker/development-easy-arm32` or `cd openemr/docker/development-easy-arm64`)
18 - If you haven't already, [install Docker](https://docs.docker.com/install/) and [install compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) for your system
19 - (optional) If you want to troubleshoot with the below steps easier, please also [install openemr-cmd](https://github.com/openemr/openemr-devops/tree/master/utilities/openemr-cmd) for your system
20 - (optional) If you want to monitor and easily manage the docker environment, please also [install openemr-monitor](https://github.com/openemr/openemr-devops/tree/master/utilities/openemr-monitor) and [install portainer](https://github.com/openemr/openemr-devops/tree/master/utilities/portainer) for your system
21 - (optional) If you want to migrate the running docker environment, please try [openemr-env-migrator](https://github.com/openemr/openemr-devops/tree/master/utilities/openemr-env-migrator)
22 - (optional) If you want to set up with orchestration tool, please try [OpenEMR Kubernetes Orchestrations](https://github.com/openemr/openemr-devops/tree/master/kubernetes/minikube)
23 3. Run `docker-compose up` from your command line
24 - When the build is done, you'll see the following message:
26 openemr_1 | Love OpenEMR? You can now support the project via the open collective:
27 openemr_1 | > https://opencollective.com/openemr/donate
29 openemr_1 | Starting cron daemon!
30 openemr_1 | Starting apache!
32 4. Navigate to `http://localhost:8300/` or `https://localhost:9300/` to login as `admin`. Password is `pass`.
33 5. If you wish to connect to the sql database, this docker environment provides the following 2 options:
34 - Navigate to `http://localhost:8310/` where you can login into phpMyAdmin.
35 - Or you can directly connect to port 8320 via your favorite sql tool (Mysql Workbench etc.).
36 - Use `username/user`: openemr, `password`: openemr .
37 6. Make changes to any files on your local file system. Most changes will appear after a refresh of the page or iFrame you're working on.
38 - An exception to this is if making changes to styling scripts in interface/themes/. In that case will need to clear web browser cache and run the following command to rebuild the theme files:
40 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools build-themes'
42 7. When you're done, it's best to clean up after yourself with `docker-compose down -v`
43 - If you don't want to build from scratch every time, just use `docker-compose down` so your next `docker-compose up` will use the cached volumes.
44 8. To ensure you are using the most recent dockers, recommend running below set of commands intermittently:
46 docker pull openemr/openemr:flex
47 docker pull mariadb:10.5
48 docker pull phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
50 docker pull openemr/dev-ldap:easy
52 9. [Submit a PR](https://github.com/openemr/openemr/compare) from your fork into `openemr/openemr#master`!
54 We look forward to your contribution...
58 ### Advanced Use of OpenEMR Development Docker Environment
60 The OpenEMR development docker environment has a very rich advanced feature set. See below Index for links to all the cool advanced stuff:
62 **Index for Advanced Use of OpenEMR Development Docker Environment**
66 1. [Xdebug and profiling](#xdebug)
67 2. [Testing other PHP versions](#other_php_versions)
68 3. [Php syntax checking, psr12 checking, and automated testing](#dev_tools_tests)
69 4. [Run the entire dev tool suite](#dev_tools_suite)
70 5. [Run only all the automated tests](#dev_tools_auto)
71 6. [Resetting OpenEMR and loading demo data](#dev_tools_reset)
72 7. [Backup and restore OpenEMR data](#dev_tools_backup)
73 8. [Send/receive snapshots](#dev_tools_send)
74 9. [Turn on and turn off support for multisite feature](#dev_tools_multisite)
75 10. [Change the database character set and collation](#dev_tools_charset)
76 11. [Test ssl certificate and force/unforce https](#dev_tools_https)
77 12. [Place/remove testing sql ssl certificate and testing sql ssl client key/cert](#dev_tools_ssl)
78 13. [CouchDB integration](#dev_tools_couchdb)
79 14. [LDAP integration](#dev_tools_ldap)
83 1. <a name="xdebug"></a>Xdebug and profiling is supported for PHPStorm and VSCode.
84 - Firefox/Chrome install xdebug helper add on and enable
85 - PHPStorm Settings->Language & Frameworks->PHP->Debug
87 - Untoggle "Break at first line in PHP scripts"
88 - Untoggle both settings that start with "Force Break at first line..."
89 - See [these images for more detail](https://github.com/openemr/openemr-devops/pull/283#issuecomment-779798156)
92 - Use this `launch.json` [template](https://github.com/openemr/openemr-devops/issues/285#issuecomment-782899207)
93 - Make sure port 9003 is open on your host operating system
94 - Profiling output can be found in /tmp directory in the docker. Following will list the profiling output files:
96 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools list-xdebug-profiles'
98 - To check Xdebug log:
100 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools xdebug-log'
102 2. <a name="other_php_versions"></a>Testing other PHP versions.
103 - The standard `flex` docker used in the easy development environments is PHP 7.4. This can be modified by changing the image (`image: openemr/openemr:flex`) used in the docker-compose.yml script. To use PHP 8.0 , then just need to change it to `image: openemr/openemr:flex-3.13-8`. To use PHP 7.3 requires 2 changes; change image to `image: openemr/openemr:flex-3.12` and then add the following environment setting to the openemr service: `XDEBUG_IDE_KEY: PHPSTORM`.
104 3. <a name="dev_tools_tests"></a>Php syntax checking, psr12 checking, and automated testing.
105 - To check PHP error logs:
107 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools php-log'
109 - To create a report of PSR12 code styling issues (this takes several minutes):
111 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools psr12-report'
113 - To fix PSR12 code styling issues (this takes several minutes):
115 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools psr12-fix'
117 - To create a report of theme styling issues:
119 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools lint-themes-report'
121 - To fix theme styling issues:
123 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools lint-themes-fix'
125 - To check PHP parsing errors (this takes several minutes):
127 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools php-parserror'
129 - To run unit testing:
131 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools unit-test'
133 - To run api testing:
135 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools api-test'
137 - To run e2e testing:
139 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools e2e-test'
141 - To run services testing:
143 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools services-test'
145 - To run fixtures testing:
147 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools fixtures-test'
149 - To run validators testing:
151 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools validators-test'
153 - To run controllers testing:
155 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools controllers-test'
157 - To run common testing:
159 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools common-test'
161 4. <a name="dev_tools_suite"></a>Run the entire dev tool suite (PSR12 fix, lint themes fix, PHP parse error, unit/API/e2e/services/fixtures/validators/controllers/common tests) in one command, run
163 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools clean-sweep'
165 5. <a name="dev_tools_auto"></a>Run only all the automated tests (unit/API/e2e/services/fixtures/validators/controllers/common tests) in one command, run
167 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools clean-sweep-tests'
169 6. <a name="dev_tools_reset"></a>Resetting OpenEMR and loading demo data.
170 - To reset OpenEMR only (then can reinstall manually via setup.php in web browser):
172 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools dev-reset'
174 - When running setup.php, need to use `mysql` for 'Server Host', `root` for 'Root Password', and `%` for 'User Hostname'.
175 - To reset and reinstall OpenEMR:
177 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools dev-reset-install'
179 - To reset and reinstall OpenEMR with demo data (this includes several users with access controls setup in addition to patient portal logins. [See HERE for those credentials](https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/Development_Demo#Demo_Credentials).):
181 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools dev-reset-install-demodata'
183 - hint: this is also a great way to test any changes a developer has made to the sql upgrade stuff (ie. such as sql/5_0_2-to-6_0_0_upgrade.sql)
184 7. <a name="dev_tools_backup"></a>Backup and restore OpenEMR data (database and data on drive) via snapshots.
185 - Create a backup snapshot (using `example` below, but can use any alphanumeric identifier):
187 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools backup example'
189 - Restore from a snapshot (using `example` below, but can use any alphanumeric identifier)
191 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools restore example'
193 - To list the snapshots
195 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools list-snapshots'
197 8. <a name="dev_tools_send"></a>Send/receive snapshots (via capsules) that are created above in item 11.
198 - Here is how to grab a capsule from the docker, which can then store or share with friends.
201 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools list-capsules'
203 - Copy the capsule from the docker to your current directory (using `example.tgz` below):
205 docker cp $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " "):/snapshots/example.tgz .
207 - Here is how to send a capsule into the docker.
208 - Copy the capsule from current directory into the docker (using `example.tgz` below):
210 docker cp example.tgz $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " "):/snapshots/
212 - Restore from the new shiny snapshot (using `example` below):
214 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools restore example'
216 - Ensure run upgrade to ensure will work with current version OpenEMR:
218 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools upgrade 5.0.2'
220 9. <a name="dev_tools_multisite"></a>Turn on and turn off support for multisite feature.
221 - Turn on support for multisite:
223 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools enable-multisite'
225 - Turn off support for multisite:
227 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools disable-multisite'
229 10. <a name="dev_tools_charset"></a>Change the database character set and collation (character set is the encoding that is used to store data in the database; collation are a set of rules that the database uses to sort the stored data).
230 - Best to demonstrate this devtool with examples.
231 - Set character set to utf8mb4 and collation to utf8mb4_general_ci (this is default for OpenEMR 6 and higher):
233 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools change-encoding-collation utf8mb4 utf8mb4_general_ci'
235 - Set character set to utf8mb4 and collation to utf8mb4_unicode_ci:
237 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools change-encoding-collation utf8mb4 utf8mb4_unicode_ci'
239 - Set character set to utf8mb4 and collation to utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci:
241 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools change-encoding-collation utf8mb4 utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci'
243 - Set character set to utf8 and collation to utf8_general_ci (this is default for OpenEMR 5 and lower):
245 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools change-encoding-collation utf8 utf8_general_ci'
247 11. <a name="dev_tools_https"></a>Test ssl certificate (to test client based certificates and revert back to default self signed certificate) and force/unforce https.
248 - To test client based certificates, create a zip package of the certificate in OpenEMR at Administration->System->Certificates. Then can import this zip package (example `ssl.zip`) into the docker via:
250 docker cp ssl.zip $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " "):/certs/
252 - To list the available certificate packages on docker:
254 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools list-client-certs'
256 - To install and configure a certificate package (example `ssl`):
258 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools setup-client-cert ssl'
260 - To revert back to selfsigned certicates (ie. revert the changes required for client based certificates):
262 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools on-self-signed-cert'
264 - To force https in apache script via redirect:
266 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools force-https'
268 - To revert the changes that forced https in apache script:
270 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools un-force-https'
272 12. <a name="dev_tools_ssl"></a>Place/remove testing sql ssl certificate and testing sql ssl client key/cert.
273 - Place the testing sql ssl CA cert:
275 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools sql-ssl'
277 - Remove the testing sql ssl CA cert:
279 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools sql-ssl-off'
281 - Place the testing sql ssl CA cert and testing sql ssl client key/cert:
283 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools sql-ssl-client'
285 - Remove the testing sql ssl CA cert and testing sql ssl client key/cert:
287 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools sql-ssl-client-off'
289 13. <a name="dev_tools_couchdb"></a>CouchDB integration.
290 - In OpenEMR, CouchDB is an option for the patients document storage. For this reason, a CouchDB docker is included in this OpenEMR docker development environment. You can visit the CouchDB GUI directly via http://localhost:5984/_utils/ or https://localhost:6984/_utils/ with username `admin` and password `password`. You can configure OpenEMR to use this CouchDB docker for patient document storage in OpenEMR at Administration->Globals->Documents:
291 - Document Storage Method->CouchDB
292 - After running the following devtools, 'dev-reset', 'dev-install', 'dev-reset-install', 'dev-reset-install-demodata', 'restore-snapshot', then need to restart the couchdb docker via the following command:
294 docker restart $(docker ps | grep _couchdb_1 | cut -f 1 -d " ")
296 - Developer tools to place/remove testing couchdb ssl certificate and testing couchdb ssl client key/cert.
297 - Place the testing couchdb ssl CA cert:
299 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools couchdb-ssl'
301 - Remove the testing couchdb ssl CA cert:
303 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools couchdb-ssl-off'
305 - Place the testing couchdb ssl CA cert and testing couchdb ssl client key/cert:
307 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools couchdb-ssl-client'
309 - Remove the testing couchdb ssl CA cert and testing couchdb ssl client key/cert:
311 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools couchdb-ssl-client-off'
313 14. <a name="dev_tools_ldap"></a>LDAP integration.
314 - In OpenEMR, LDAP is an option for authentication. If this is turned on, then this will be supported for the `admin` user, which will use the following password: `admin`
317 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools enable-ldap'
321 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools disable-ldap'
323 - Developer tools to place/remove testing ldap tls/ssl certificate and testing ldap tls/ssl client key/cert.
324 - Place the testing ldap tls/ssl CA cert:
326 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools ldap-ssl'
328 - Remove the testing ldap tls/ssl CA cert:
330 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools ldap-ssl-off'
332 - Place the testing ldap tls/ssl CA cert and testing ldap tls/ssl client key/cert:
334 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools ldap-ssl-client'
336 - Remove the testing ldap tls/ssl CA cert and testing ldap tls/ssl client key/cert:
338 docker exec -i $(docker ps | grep _openemr | cut -f 1 -d " ") sh -c '/root/devtools ldap-ssl-client-off'
343 If you do not want to use Docker, you can always install OpenEMR directly on your local environment. This will require installing additional dependencies for your operating system. For more info see [OpenEMR Development Versions](https://open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Installation_Guides#OpenEMR_Development_Versions) on the wiki.
345 ## Financial contributions
347 We also welcome financial contributions in full transparency on our [open collective](https://opencollective.com/openemr).
348 Anyone can file an expense. If the expense makes sense for the development of the community, it will be "merged" in the ledger of our open collective by the core contributors and the person who filed the expense will be reimbursed.
354 Thank you to all the people who have already contributed to openemr!
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