Mautic is an open-source marketing automation platform that enables businesses to create highly personalized and optimized campaigns. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Mautic on Elementary OS, an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution.
Before we get started, make sure you have the following:
If you don't have a LAMP stack installed already, follow our guide on how to install LAMP on Elementary OS.
First, download the latest stable release of Mautic from its official website. Open a terminal and run the following command:
wget https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/download/3.3.1/3.3.1.zip
Replace the URL with the link to the latest release.
Next, extract the downloaded package to your web server's root directory, which is usually /var/www/html/.
sudo unzip -d /var/www/html/ 3.3.1.zip
Again, replace 3.3.1.zip with the name of your downloaded file.
Change the ownership of the Mautic directory to the webserver's user and group by running the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mautic/
Now, give write permission to the app directory through the following command:
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/mautic/app/
Additionally, give write permission to the logs and cache directories through the following command:
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/mautic/app/logs/ /var/www/html/mautic/app/cache/
Next, create a new database for Mautic. Use the following command to log in to the MySQL command prompt:
mysql -u root -p
Enter the root user password when prompted.
CREATE DATABASE mauticdb;
CREATE USER 'mauticuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mauticpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mauticdb.* TO 'mauticuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace mauticdb, mauticuser, and mauticpassword with your preferred database name, username, and password respectively.
Navigate to the Mautic installation URL in your browser. The URL should be http://your-server-ip/mautic/. The installation wizard should appear.
The first step of the installation wizard confirms that all the requirements have been met. Click on the "Next" button.
In the second step, enter the database connection details, including the host, database name, database user, and password, that you created in step 3. Click on the "Next" button.
In the third step, set up the Mautic administrator account. Enter a username, password, and email, then click on the "Next" button.
In the final step, review the installation configurations and click on the "Install" button to complete the installation.
That's it! You have installed Mautic on Elementary OS. Mautic is a powerful marketing tool that can help you enhance your marketing campaigns. You can now use Mautic to create email marketing campaigns, newsletters, lead generation forms, and much more.
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