DadaMail is a web-based email marketing software that allows you to send personalized messages, manage subscriber lists, and track email campaigns. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install DadaMail on Linux Mint Latest.
Before installing DadaMail, you need to make sure that your system meets the following requirements:
Before installing DadaMail, first, update and upgrade your system packages using the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Next, install the required packages for DadaMail using the following command:
sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php php-mysql php-xml php-mbstring php-curl php-zip unzip
Once the packages are installed, start the Apache and MariaDB service and enable them to start automatically on system boot:
sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Next, create a MySQL database and user for DadaMail. Log in to the MySQL shell using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root
Once you are logged in to the MySQL shell, use the following commands to create a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE dadamail;
CREATE USER 'dadauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dadamail.* TO 'dadauser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace password with a strong password for the DadaMail database user.
Next, download and extract the latest version of DadaMail. Use the following command to download the DadaMail archive:
wget https://dadamailproject.com/releases/dada-11-14-8-stable.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the archive to the Apache web server's document root directory:
sudo unzip dada-11-14-8-stable.zip -d /var/www/html/
Next, configure DadaMail. First, navigate to the DadaMail directory:
cd /var/www/html/dada-11-14-8-stable/
Then, copy the dada_config.cgi.dist file to dada_config.cgi:
cp dada_config.cgi.dist dada_config.cgi
Next, open the dada_config.cgi file using a text editor:
sudo nano dada_config.cgi
Modify the following settings in the dada_config.cgi file:
$db_mysql_dsn = "DBI:mysql:dadamail:localhost";
$db_mysql_db = "dadamail";
$db_mysql_user = "dadauser";
$db_mysql_password = "password";
Replace password with the password you set for the DadaMail database user in Step 2.
Next, configure Apache. Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/dadamail.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/dada-11-14-8-stable
ServerName your_domain
<Directory /var/www/html/dada-11-14-8-stable/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/dadamail_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/dadamail_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace your_domain with your domain name or server IP address.
Save and close the file, then enable the virtual host using the following command:
sudo a2ensite dadamail.conf
Next, restart the Apache service for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Finally, access DadaMail using a web browser. Navigate to http://your_domain or http://your_server_IP_address in a web browser. You should see the DadaMail login page:
Enter your DadaMail email address and password, then click the "Login" button.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed DadaMail on Linux Mint Latest.
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