In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing SuiteCRM on FreeBSD Latest. SuiteCRM is a free and open-source customer relationship management (CRM) software that can help businesses manage their relationships with customers and automate sales processes.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following requirements:
To download SuiteCRM, you can visit the official website at https://suitecrm.com/download/. Once you are in the Download page, select the latest version of SuiteCRM and click on the "Download" button.
Alternatively, you can use the following command to download and extract the SuiteCRM package:
$ cd /usr/local/www/
$ fetch https://suitecrm.com/files/176/SuiteCRM-7.11.20.zip
$ unzip SuiteCRM-7.11.20.zip
Next, we need to create a MySQL database for SuiteCRM. To create a database, log in to the MySQL console using the following command:
$ mysql -u root -p
After you have logged in, use the following commands to create a MySQL database:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE suitecrm;
mysql> GRANT ALL ON suitecrm.* TO 'suitecrm'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit
Replace "password" with a secure password for MySQL user "suitecrm".
Next, we need to configure the web server to serve SuiteCRM. If you are using Apache, you can create a new virtual host configuration file under /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/ directory, like this:
$ vi /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/suitecrm.conf
And add the following configuration:
Alias /suitecrm "/usr/local/www/SuiteCRM-7.11.20"
<Directory "/usr/local/www/SuiteCRM-7.11.20">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory "/usr/local/www/SuiteCRM-7.11.20/cache/">
Options -Indexes
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
<Directory "/usr/local/www/SuiteCRM-7.11.20/custom/">
Options -Indexes
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
<Directory "/usr/local/www/SuiteCRM-7.11.20/modules/">
Options -Indexes
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
<Directory "/usr/local/www/SuiteCRM-7.11.20/include/">
Options -Indexes
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
If you are using Nginx, you can create a new virtual host configuration file under /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/ directory, like this:
$ cd /usr/local/etc/nginx/conf.d/
$ vi suitecrm.conf
And add the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name yourcrm.example.com;
root /usr/local/www/SuiteCRM-7.11.20;
index index.php;
access_log /var/log/nginx/suitecrm.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/suitecrm.error.log;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}
location ~ /.ht {
deny all;
}
}
Note that you need to replace "yourcrm.example.com" with your domain name.
Before we continue, we need to make sure that our PHP installation has all the required extensions.
To install the required PHP extensions, run the following command:
$ pkg install php73-mysqli php73-pdo_mysql php73-mbstring php73-gd php73-curl php73-zip
After installing the required extensions, we need to configure our PHP settings. Open the php.ini file using the following command:
$ vi /usr/local/etc/php.ini
And change the following settings:
file_uploads = On
upload_max_filesize = 100M
post_max_size = 100M
max_execution_time = 600
date.timezone = "Europe/Berlin"
Next, we need to configure SuiteCRM. Open the config.php file using the following command:
$ cd /usr/local/www/SuiteCRM-7.11.20/
$ cp config_si.php config.php
$ vi config.php
And change the following settings:
'db_type' => 'mysqli',
'db_user_name' => 'suitecrm',
'db_password' => 'password',
'db_host_name' => 'localhost',
'db_name' => 'suitecrm',
Replace "password" with the password you created for the MySQL user "suitecrm".
Finally, we can complete the installation by navigating to the URL where SuiteCRM is installed. For example:
http://yourcrm.example.com/suitecrm/
You should see a page with a link to the SuiteCRM license agreement. Click on "Accept" to continue.
Next, you will be asked to enter your MySQL database settings. Enter the following information:
Click on "Validate" to continue. If everything is set up correctly, you should see a message that says "Database connection test was successful."
The next page will ask you to create an admin user account. Fill in the required information and click on "Next" to continue.
Finally, click on "Finish" to complete the installation.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install SuiteCRM on FreeBSD Latest. We have covered the steps required to download and extract the SuiteCRM package, create a MySQL database, configure Apache or Nginx, install and configure PHP extensions, configure SuiteCRM, and complete the installation. If you have any questions or encounter any issues, please leave a comment below.
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