Monica is an open-source personal CRM that helps you manage your relationships with ease. It is a web-based application that can be accessed from anywhere, and it allows you to keep track of your contacts, notes, tasks, and calendar events. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Monica on Linux Mint.
Before you start, make sure that you have the following:
It is always a good practice to update your system before installing any new application. This ensures that your system has the latest security patches and bug fixes.
To update your Linux Mint system, open the terminal and enter the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
This will update your system and upgrade any outdated packages.
Monica requires a web server, PHP, and a database to run. Therefore, we need to install Apache2, PHP, and MariaDB.
To install them, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php mariadb-server php-mysql php-cli php-curl php-gd php-imagick php-mbstring php-xml php-zip
This command will install all the required packages, and you will be prompted to enter the MariaDB root password during the installation process. Make sure to remember this password as you will need it later.
Before you can install Monica, you need to create a database for it. To create a database, run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
This will prompt you to enter the MariaDB root password that you set during installation. Once you enter the password, you will see the MariaDB shell prompt.
MariaDB [(none)]>
To create a new database, enter the following command:
CREATE DATABASE monica CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
This will create a database named "monica" with the specified collation and character set.
Next, create a new user and grant access to the database. Replace "new_user" and "new_password" with your preferred username and password.
CREATE USER 'new_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON monica.* TO 'new_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
This will create a new user with the specified credentials and grant them all permissions on the "monica" database.
To download and install Monica, follow these steps:
Download the latest release of Monica from the official website or the GitHub repository.
Extract the downloaded file to the /var/www/html directory. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo unzip monica-latest.zip -d /var/www/html
sudo mv /var/www/html/monica-X.X.X /var/www/html/monica
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/monica
To configure Apache2 for Monica, follow these steps:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/monica.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/monica
<Directory /var/www/html/monica>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace "your_domain.com" with your domain or server IP address. Also, make sure that the DocumentRoot path matches the directory where you extracted Monica in Step 4.
Save and close the file by pressing "CTRL+X", followed by "Y", and then "ENTER".
sudo a2ensite monica.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2
To finish the installation, follow these steps:
Open your web browser and navigate to http://your_domain.com.
You should see the Monica installation wizard. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
When prompted to enter the database details, enter the following:
Make sure that you replace "new_user" and "new_password" with the username and password that you created in Step 3.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Monica on your Linux Mint system. You can now start managing your personal CRM and relationships with ease.
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