EspoCRM is an open-source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software that helps organizations to manage their customers, sales, and marketing activities. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of EspoCRM on Kali Linux latest version.
Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Before installing any software, it is always a good practice to update and upgrade the system to the latest version.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
EspoCRM requires some dependencies to be installed on the system. Run the following command to install them:
sudo apt install -y apache2 php mysql-server php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-zip
Download the latest version of EspoCRM from the official website using the following command:
wget https://www.espocrm.com/downloads/EspoCRM-5.9.5.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file using the following command:
unzip EspoCRM-5.9.5.zip
Create a new virtual host configuration file for EspoCRM using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/espocrm.conf
Add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/espocrm
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/espocrm>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
After adding the configuration, enable the virtual host using the following command:
sudo a2ensite espocrm.conf
Disable the default Apache virtual host configuration using the following command:
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
Restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Create a new MySQL database for EspoCRM using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password when prompted. After that, run the following commands to create a new database, user, and grant privileges:
CREATE DATABASE espo_db;
CREATE USER 'espo_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON espo_db.* TO 'espo_user'@'localhost';
Replace password with your desired password.
Move the extracted EspoCRM files to the Apache document root directory using the following command:
sudo mv EspoCRM-5.9.5 /var/www/espocrm
Change the ownership and group of the EspoCRM directory to www-data using the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/espocrm
Set the correct file permissions using the following command:
sudo chmod -R 775 /var/www/espocrm
Navigate to the EspoCRM installation using your web browser. The URL should be http://localhost/espocrm.
Follow the on-screen instructions to configure EspoCRM. Enter the database username, password, and database name that you have created in step 5.
After completing the installation, you should be able to log in to the EspoCRM dashboard using the username and password that you have created during the installation process.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install EspoCRM on Kali Linux latest version. You can now use EspoCRM to manage your customer relationships effectively.
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