In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing SuiteCRM on Alpine Linux Latest. SuiteCRM is an open-source Customer Relationship Management software that is used by businesses of all sizes to manage customer interactions and relationships.
Before you start installing SuiteCRM on Alpine Linux, you must have the following prerequisites:
Make sure that your Alpine Linux system is up to date with the latest packages. You can update the system with the following command:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
##Step 2: Install Required Dependencies SuiteCRM requires several dependencies to be installed before it can run. Use the following command to install required dependencies:
sudo apk add apache2 mariadb mariadb-client php7 php7-apache2 php7-curl php7-dom php7-gd php7-iconv php7-intl php7-json php7-mbstring php7-mysqli php7-opcache php7-openssl php7-pdo_mysql php7-xml php7-zip wget tar
SuiteCRM requires a database to store its data. We will use MariaDB as our database of choice. Use the following command to install and start the MariaDB service:
sudo apk add mariadb
sudo rc-update add mariadb default
sudo /etc/init.d/mariadb start
Next, run the mysql_secure_installation script, which will secure the installation by setting a root password, removing anonymous users and disabling remote root login:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Next, we will download the latest version of SuiteCRM from the official website. You can download the latest version of SuiteCRM using the following command:
wget https://suitecrm.com/files/186/SuiteCRM-7.11.18.zip
After the download is complete, extract the contents of the SuiteCRM archive to the /var/www/localhost/htdocs directory:
sudo mkdir /var/www/localhost/htdocs/suitecrm
sudo unzip SuiteCRM-7.11.18.zip -d /var/www/localhost/htdocs/suitecrm
We will now configure Apache to serve SuiteCRM from the webserver. First, enable the Apache webserver service using the following command:
sudo rc-update add apache2 default
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start
You will now need to create a new virtual host configuration file for SuiteCRM. To do so, create a new file called /etc/apache2/conf.d/suitecrm.conf with the following content:
Alias /suitecrm "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/suitecrm"
<Directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs/suitecrm>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Once you have created the file, restart the Apache service:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Now that we have installed and configured all the necessary dependencies, we need to finish the SuiteCRM installation process. To access the SuiteCRM installation wizard, navigate to the following address with your web browser:
http://your_server_ip/suitecrm/install.php
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process. When prompted, make sure that you use the following information:
After you have completed the installation process, remove the install.php file from the /var/www/localhost/htdocs/suitecrm directory:
sudo rm /var/www/localhost/htdocs/suitecrm/install.php
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install SuiteCRM on Alpine Linux. SuiteCRM is a powerful open-source CRM software that can help you manage customer relationships and interactions. If you followed this tutorial, you should now have a fully functional SuiteCRM installation on your Alpine Linux system.
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