BlueMind is a collaborative and messaging solution used by businesses and organizations to manage emails, calendars, and contacts. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install BlueMind on Manjaro Linux.
Before we start, you will need:
BlueMind requires Java to run. We will first install Java on the system. To do this, open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -S jre8-openjdk-headless
This command will install the OpenJDK 8 runtime environment.
BlueMind requires some additional packages to be installed on the system. Run the following command in the terminal to install them:
sudo pacman -S mono redis php composer mariadb nginx postfix
This command will install Mono, Redis, PHP, Composer, MariaDB, Nginx, and Postfix.
BlueMind requires a database to store its data. The MariaDB server we installed in the previous step will be used for this purpose. We will now configure MariaDB by creating a new database and user for BlueMind. Run the following commands in the terminal:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
sudo mysql -u root -p
The first command will run the MariaDB security script, which will prompt you to answer a few questions to secure your database installation. The second command will start the MySQL shell as the root user.
Once you have logged in to the MySQL shell, run the following commands to create a new database and user for BlueMind:
CREATE DATABASE bluemind;
CREATE USER 'bm'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'bm';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bluemind.* TO 'bm'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'bm';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
This will create a new database named "bluemind", a new user named "bm" with the password "bm", and grant full privileges to the user on the database.
Download the latest version of BlueMind from the official website. Once downloaded, extract the tarball to the /opt directory with the following command:
sudo tar -C /opt/ -xzvf bm-full-4.x.x.x.tar.gz
Replace "4.x.x.x" with the version number you downloaded.
After extracting, change the ownership of the /opt/bm-* directory to the bm user with the following command:
sudo chown -R bm:bm /opt/bm-*
Now, switch to the bm user and install BlueMind with the following commands:
su bm
cd /opt/bm-* && ./install.sh
Follow the installation wizard and provide the necessary information, such as the MariaDB credentials and BlueMind license key.
In the final step, we will configure Nginx and Postfix. We will use the default configuration provided by BlueMind. Run the following command in the terminal:
sudo ln -s /opt/bm-*/conf/bluemind-nginx.conf /etc/nginx/conf.d/bluemind.conf
sudo cp /opt/bm-*/conf/postfix-* /etc/postfix/
sudo postmap /etc/postfix/addresses
sudo systemctl restart postfix nginx
These commands will create a symbolic link for the Nginx configuration and copy the Postfix configuration files to the system. It will also restart Nginx and Postfix for the changes to take effect.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed BlueMind on your Manjaro Linux system. You can now access the BlueMind web interface by visiting http://your-server-ip:8080. You can log in using the BlueMind admin credentials you provided during the installation process.
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