SuiteCRM is an open-source customer relationship management software that helps small and medium-sized businesses to manage their sales, marketing, and customer services. In this tutorial, we will go through the process of installing SuiteCRM on the latest version of POP! OS.
Before you begin, you will need the following:
POP! OS comes with an Apache web server and PHP preinstalled. However, we need to install some additional PHP extensions which are required by SuiteCRM. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php7.4-curl php7.4-gd php7.4-xml php7.4-mbstring
You can install MariaDB, which is an open-source relational database management system, by running the following command:
sudo apt install mariadb-server
Once the installation is complete, run the following command to secure your MariaDB installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Choose a password for the root account and answer the questions as you see fit.
Log in to the MariaDB shell using the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password when prompted. Once you are in the MariaDB shell, create a new database for SuiteCRM by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE suitecrm;
Next, create a new user for SuiteCRM with the following command:
CREATE USER 'suitecrmuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Replace 'password' with a strong password of your choosing.
Grant the new user full access to the suitecrm database:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON suitecrm.* TO 'suitecrmuser'@'localhost';
Finally, exit the MariaDB shell by running the following command:
exit
Download the latest version of SuiteCRM from the official website using the following command:
wget https://suitecrm.com/files/175/SuiteCRM-7.11.15.zip
Unzip the package using the following command:
unzip SuiteCRM-7.11.15.zip -d /var/www/html/
Change the directory to the SuiteCRM installation directory:
cd /var/www/html/SuiteCRM-7.11.15
Copy the configuration file to the configuration directory using the following command:
cp config_si.php config.php
Finally, change the owner and group of the SuiteCRM directory to the web server user using the following command:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/SuiteCRM-7.11.15
Next, we need to configure Apache to serve the SuiteCRM application. Open the Apache configuration file in a text editor using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Add the following lines to the configuration file before the closing </VirtualHost> tag:
<Directory /var/www/html/SuiteCRM-7.11.15>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and close the file. Enable the rewrite module and restart the Apache webserver using the following commands:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 restart
Open your favorite web browser and navigate to the following URL:
http://your_server_ip/SuiteCRM-7.11.15/
Replace your_server_ip with the IP address or domain name of your server.
You will be presented with the SuiteCRM installation screen. Follow the instructions on the screen, and enter your database credentials when prompted. Once the installation is complete, you should be able to log in to SuiteCRM using your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed SuiteCRM on POP! OS. You can now use it to manage your business's sales, marketing, and customer service.
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