How to Install Mautic on Manjaro

Mautic is a free and open-source marketing automation software that allows you to manage leads, contacts, and marketing campaigns from a single platform. In this tutorial, we will be installing Mautic on Manjaro, a popular rolling release Linux distribution.

Prerequisites

Before we begin with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

• A running instance of Manjaro Linux
• LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack installed on your system
• A database user and password for Mautic

Steps to Install Mautic

Follow the steps below to install Mautic on your Manjaro system:

1. Download the latest version of Mautic from its official website https://www.mautic.org/download/
2. Extract the downloaded file to the /var/www directory using the following command:

   sudo tar -xzf mautic-x.x.x.tar.gz -C /var/www/
   

   Replace x.x.x with the version number you have downloaded.
3. Change the ownership of the Mautic files to the Apache user:

   sudo chown -R http:http /var/www/mautic/
   

4. Create a new database for Mautic using the following command:

   sudo mysql -u root -p
   

   Enter your MySQL root user password when prompted. Then, create a new database for Mautic and grant all privileges to the Mautic user:

   CREATE DATABASE mautic_db;
   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mautic_db.* TO 'mautic_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mautic_password';
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   

   Replace mautic_db, mautic_user, and mautic_password with your desired database name, username, and password, respectively.
5. Rename the Mautic configuration file and create a new one:

   cd /var/www/mautic/
   sudo mv app/config/local.php app/config/local.php.bak
   sudo cp app/config/local.php.dist app/config/local.php
   

6. Edit the local.php file and update the database details:

   sudo nano app/config/local.php
   

   Find the line that says $database_config = array( and update the values accordingly:

   'dbname' => 'mautic_db',
   'host' => 'localhost',
   'port' => '3306',
   'user' => 'mautic_user',
   'password' => 'mautic_password',
   'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
   

7. Create a new virtual host configuration for Mautic using the following command:

   sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/mautic.conf
   

   Add the following lines to the file:

   <VirtualHost *:80>
      ServerAdmin admin@example.com
      DocumentRoot /var/www/mautic
      ServerName mautic.example.com
   
      <Directory /var/www/mautic>
         Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
         AllowOverride All
         Require all granted
      </Directory>
   
      ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/mautic-error.log
      CustomLog /var/log/httpd/mautic-access.log combined
   
   </VirtualHost>
   

   Replace admin@example.com with your email address and mautic.example.com with your desired domain name.
8. Enable the newly created virtual host configuration:

   sudo a2ensite mautic.conf
   

9. Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:

   sudo systemctl restart httpd
   

10. Open your web browser and navigate to http://mautic.example.com (replace with your domain name) to access the Mautic installation wizard.
11. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mautic on your Manjaro system. You can now use Mautic to manage your marketing campaigns and automate your lead management process.

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