How to Install Mautic on OpenSUSE Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Mautic, an open-source marketing automation software, on the latest version of OpenSUSE.

Prerequisites

• OpenSUSE Latest installed on your system
• Root access or a user account with sudo privileges
• Basic knowledge of the command line interface

Step 1: Install the Apache Web Server

The first step is to install the Apache webserver on your OpenSUSE system. You can install it by running the following command in your terminal:

sudo zypper in apache2

After the installation, start the Apache service with the following command:

sudo systemctl start apache2

Also, enable the Apache service to start on system boot:

sudo systemctl enable apache2

Step 2: Install PHP

Mautic is a PHP application, so we need to install PHP and its modules on our OpenSUSE system. Run the following command to install PHP and the required modules:

sudo zypper in php7 php7-mbstring php7-ctype php7-json php7-iconv php7-zip php7-gd php7-opcache php7-mysqli php7-curl php7-xmlreader php7-xmlwriter php7-gettext php7-intl

Step 3: Install MariaDB

Mautic requires a database to store its data. MariaDB is an excellent choice for this purpose. Run the following command to install MariaDB:

sudo zypper in mariadb mariadb-client

After the installation, start and enable the MariaDB service to start on system boot:

sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb

Step 4: Configure MariaDB

After installing MariaDB, we need to secure it and create a new database and user for Mautic.

• Secure your MariaDB installation by running the following command:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

• Log in to MariaDB as the root user:

sudo mysql -u root -p

• Create a new database for Mautic:

CREATE DATABASE mautic;

• Create a new user and grant it full access to the Mautic database:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mautic.* TO 'mauticuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

In the above command, replace mauticuser and password with your desired username and password.

• Reload the privileges:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

• Exit the MariaDB shell:

exit;

Step 5: Download and Install Mautic

In this step, we will download the latest version of Mautic from the official website and install it on our OpenSUSE system.

• Navigate to the Apache webserver document root directory:

cd /srv/www/htdocs/

• Download the Mautic package using the following command:

sudo wget https://www.mautic.org/download/latest

• Extract the downloaded package:

sudo tar -xzf latest -C /srv/www/htdocs/

• Rename the extracted directory:

sudo mv /srv/www/htdocs/mautic* /srv/www/htdocs/mautic

• Set the appropriate ownership and permissions on the Mautic directory:

sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/mautic
sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/www/htdocs/mautic

Step 6: Configure Mautic

In this step, we will configure Mautic to use the database we created earlier.

• Navigate to the Mautic directory:

cd /srv/www/htdocs/mautic/

• Copy the default configuration file and make the required changes:

sudo cp /srv/www/htdocs/mautic/app/config/local.php.dist /srv/www/htdocs/mautic/app/config/local.php
sudo vi /srv/www/htdocs/mautic/app/config/local.php

In the app/config/local.php file, modify the following lines:

'db_host' => 'localhost',
'db_name' => 'mautic',
'db_user' => 'mauticuser',
'db_password' => 'password',

Replace 'mauticuser' and 'password' with the username and password of the MariaDB user you created earlier.

• Set the appropriate ownership and permissions on the Mautic app/config directory:

sudo chown -R wwwrun:www /srv/www/htdocs/mautic/app/config
sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/www/htdocs/mautic/app/config

Step 7: Configure Apache

In this step, we will configure Apache to serve the Mautic website.

• Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file:

sudo vi /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/mautic.conf

• Add the following lines to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/mautic/
    ServerName example.com

    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined

    <Directory "/srv/www/htdocs/mautic/">
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

In the above virtual host configuration, replace admin@example.com with your email address and example.com with your domain name.

• Restart the Apache service for the changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 8: Access Mautic

Mautic is now installed and configured on your OpenSUSE system. Access the Mautic website by visiting your domain name or IP address in your web browser:

http://example.com

or

http://server-ip-address

You should see the Mautic setup wizard for setting up the admin account and other necessary options.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Mautic on your OpenSUSE system.

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