How to Install Tine - Community Edition on Fedora Server Latest?

Tine - Community Edition is a web-based open-source CRM system that helps manage contacts, emails, calendars, tasks, and more. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Tine - Community Edition on Fedora Server Latest.

Prerequisites

Before starting the installation process, make sure that you have the following:

Step 1: Install Required Packages

To start the installation, log in to your Fedora Linux server and open the terminal. In the terminal, update the system packages by running the following command:

sudo dnf update -y

Next, we need to install some packages required for Tine - Community Edition to work. Run the following command to install these packages:

sudo dnf install php php-devel php-mysqlnd php-pear php-json php-xml php-mbstring php-gd httpd mysql-server mysql php-mcrypt php-intl php-pecl-imagick ImageMagick -y

Step 2: Download Tine - Community Edition

After installing the required packages, we need to download the Tine - Community Edition files from its official Github repository. To do this, run the following command:

sudo git clone https://github.com/tine20/tine20.git

This will download the latest version of Tine - Community Edition to your server.

Step 3: Configure Apache

To configure Apache, create a new virtual host configuration file for Tine - Community Edition by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/tine20.conf

Add the following configuration code in the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/tine20
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    <Directory /var/www/html/tine20>
        <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
            RewriteEngine On
            RewriteBase /tine20/
            RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
            RewriteRule . /tine20/index.php [L]
        </IfModule>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/tine20_error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/tine20_access_log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Configure MySQL Database

To configure the MySQL database, log in to the MySQL server by running the following command:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database and a user for Tine - Community Edition to use by running the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE tine20db;
CREATE USER 'tine20user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON tine20db.* TO 'tine20user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Note: Replace the "password" with a strong password of your choice.

Step 5: Install Tine - Community Edition

To install Tine - Community Edition, go to the directory where you downloaded the Tine - Community Edition files and run the installer script by using the following command:

cd /path/to/tine20
sudo php setup.php

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Step 6: Finalize Configuration

After the installation, edit the Tine - Community Edition config file by running the following command:

sudo nano /var/www/html/tine20/config.inc.php

Add the following lines at the end of the file:

$config['database']['handler'] = 'pdo_mysql';
$config['database']['hostspec'] = 'localhost';
$config['database']['username'] = 'tine20user';
$config['database']['password'] = 'password';
$config['database']['database'] = 'tine20db';
$config['tine']['basepath'] = '/tine20';

Save and close the file.

Step 7: Restart Services

After completing the configuration, restart the Apache and MySQL services by using the following commands:

sudo systemctl restart httpd
sudo systemctl restart mysql

Step 8: Access Tine - Community Edition

Now you can access the Tine - Community Edition by opening a web browser and typing the following URL:

http://example.com/tine20

Log in with the credentials you created during the installation process and start managing your contacts, emails, calendars, tasks, and more.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Tine - Community Edition on Fedora Server Latest. We also configured Apache and MySQL, installed Tine - Community Edition, and accessed it using a web browser.

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