Mautic is an open-source automation marketing tool that can be accessed on web and desktop. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install Mautic on POP! OS latest with Apache2 server and MySQL database.
Before you download Mautic, it is recommended to create a new directory for Mautic installation.
sudo mkdir /var/www/mautic
Then, navigate to the directory where you want to place Mautic installation.
cd /var/www/mautic
Now, download the latest version of Mautic package using wget command.
wget https://github.com/mautic/mautic/releases/download/3.4.0/3.4.0.zip
Extract the downloaded package using unzip command.
sudo unzip 3.4.0.zip
Change the owner of the Mautic directory to the web server user and change the permissions so Apache can access the file.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/mautic
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/mautic
Mautic requires a MySQL/MariaDB database to store its data. Let's create a new database for Mautic.
Login to your MySQL shell with root credentials.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database by running the following command.
CREATE DATABASE mauticdb;
Create a new user and granted all the permissions to the user on the mautic database.
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mauticdb.* TO 'mauticuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Flush the privileges and exit from the MySQL shell.
flush privileges;
exit;
Create a new Apache virtual host configuration file for Mautic.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/mautic.conf
Add the following configurations into the file.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/mautic/
ServerName your_domain.com
<Directory /var/www/mautic/>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Save and close the file.
Now we need to enable the newly created configuration file and restart Apache.
sudo a2ensite mautic.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Mautic requires some PHP modules to be installed. Use the following command to install required PHP modules.
sudo apt-get install -y php-curl php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-mysql php-soap php-xml php-zip
After installing these modules, restart the Apache server.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open your browser and visit your server hostname or IP address followed by /mautic. For example, http://your_domain.com/mautic.
On the install page, you will be prompted to select the language you want to install Mautic with. Click on the "Apply" button.
The next page will show the system requirements which tell you if PHP modules are installed or not.
Click on “Next” to start the installation process for Mautic.
Agree to the terms and conditions and click on the "Next" button.
Fill in the details for the MySQL/MariaDB database we created in step 2.
Click on the "Next" button to proceed.
On the next page, you will be asked to set up an Administrator account for Mautic.
Fill in all the details and click on the "Next" button.
Finally, you will see the installation is completed. Click on the "Login" button to log in to your new Mautic system.
We have installed Mautic on POP! OS latest with Apache2 server and MySQL database. You can now start using Mautic for your marketing automation needs.
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