EspoCRM is a web-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform that enables businesses to effectively manage their interactions with potential and existing customers. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install EspoCRM on Clear Linux latest release.
Before installing EspoCRM, make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to install the required dependencies for EspoCRM. We can do this by running the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add php-basic devpkg-libmcrypt devpkg-libjpeg-turbo
This command installs PHP, libmcrypt, and libjpeg-turbo packages, which are required by EspoCRM.
EspoCRM requires a web server to run. You can use Apache or NGINX as a web server. Here, we will use Apache as our web server.
To install Apache, run the following command:
sudo swupd bundle-add apache-httpd
To start the Apache service, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable httpd
sudo systemctl start httpd
Next, we need to create an Apache virtual host configuration file for EspoCRM. Run the following command to create the file:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/espocrm.conf
Add the following configuration code to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/espocrm
ServerName example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/espocrm>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/espocrm_error_log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/espocrm_access_log common
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace the ServerName and DocumentRoot values with your own information. Save and close the file.
To apply the changes, restart the Apache service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
To install EspoCRM on Clear Linux, we need to perform the following tasks:
Run the following command to clone the EspoCRM repository to the Apache document root folder:
sudo git clone https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm.git /var/www/html/espocrm
Next, we need to set the file permissions for the EspoCRM directory recursively. Run the following command:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/espocrm
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/espocrm
Next, we need to set up the database for EspoCRM. Create a new database for EspoCRM using the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE espocrm;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON espocrm.* TO 'espouser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
QUIT;
In the above commands, replace espouser and password with your own desired username and password for the database.
The final step is to configure EspoCRM. We can do this by performing the following tasks:
Run the following command to configure the EspoCRM app/config.php file:
sudo nano /var/www/html/espocrm/app/config.php
Configure the database parameters as shown below:
/* Database */
'database' => [
'driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'dbname' => 'espocrm',
'user' => 'espouser',
'password' => 'password',
'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
],
Make sure to replace the espouser and password values with the ones you created in the previous step.
If SELinux is enabled on your system, you need to configure it to allow Apache to write to the EspoCRM directory. Run the following command:
sudo chcon -Rt httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/html/espocrm
Finally, make sure the necessary PHP modules are enabled in the Apache configuration. Run the following command:
sudo nano /etc/php.ini
Scroll down to the "Dynamic Extensions" section and ensure that the following extensions are enabled:
extension=mysqli
extension=mbstring
extension=json
extension=ldap
Save and close the file.
You can now access EspoCRM by opening a web browser and navigating to your server's IP address or domain name. You should see the EspoCRM setup page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup process.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install EspoCRM on Clear Linux latest release. The installation process is straightforward, and once completed, you can start using EspoCRM to manage your customer interactions more efficiently.
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