How to Install Group Office on Ubuntu Server

In this tutorial, we'll be showing you how to install Group Office, a web-based groupware application, on Ubuntu Server.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

• A server running the latest version of Ubuntu Server
• SSH access to the server
• A terminal or command prompt

Step 1: Update Your Server

First, we need to update our server to ensure we have the latest version of all packages.

1. Connect to your Ubuntu Server using SSH.

2. Run the following command to update your server:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y

This will update all installed packages on your server.

Step 2: Install Apache2, MySQL Server & PHP

In order to run Group Office, we need to install Apache2, the MySQL database, and PHP.

1. Install Apache2:

sudo apt-get install apache2 -y

2. Install MySQL Server:

sudo apt-get install mysql-server -y

3. Install PHP:

sudo apt-get install php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-mysql php7.4-curl php7.4-xml php7.4-mbstring php7.4-zip -y

During the installation, you will be prompted to create a new MySQL root password. Make sure to remember the password or save it somewhere secure.

Step 3: Install PHP Modules

Group Office requires a few PHP extensions that we need to install.

sudo apt-get install php7.4-imap php7.4-ldap php7.4-gd -y

Step 4: Download Group Office

1. Open your web browser and visit https://www.group-office.com.

2. Click on the "Download" button.

3. Choose your preferred version and click "Download".

4. Extract the downloaded file to your web root directory:

sudo tar -xvf groupoffice-6.4.199.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/

Step 5: Configure MySQL Database

1. Create a new MySQL database for Group Office:

sudo mysql -u root -p<password_here>
CREATE DATABASE groupoffice;

Remember to replace <password_here> with the MySQL root password you set earlier.

2. Create a MySQL user for Group Office:

sudo mysql -u root -p<password_here>
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON groupoffice.* TO 'groupoffice'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password_here>';

Remember to replace <password_here> with the password you want to use for the Group Office database.

3. Import the Group Office database:

sudo mysql -u root -p<password_here> groupoffice < /var/www/html/groupoffice-6.4.199/sql/groupoffice.sql

Remember to replace <password_here> with the MySQL root password you set earlier.

Step 6: Configure Apache2

1. Open the default Apache2 configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

2. Modify the VirtualHost directive to match the following:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/groupoffice
    ServerName example.com
    
    <Directory /var/www/html/groupoffice>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/groupoffice-error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/groupoffice-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to replace admin@example.com and example.com with your own email address and domain name.

3. Restart Apache2 for the changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 7: Access Group Office Frontend

1. Open your web browser and visit your website at http://example.com.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the Group Office installation.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Group Office on your Ubuntu Server.

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