How to Install Mautic on Windows 10

Mautic is an open-source marketing automation software that you can use to automate your marketing campaigns. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to install Mautic on your Windows 10 computer.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure your computer meets these requirements:

• Windows 10 operating system
• Apache web server with PHP support
• MySQL or MariaDB database
• Composer dependency manager

Step 1: Download and Extract Mautic

First, visit the Mautic website and download the latest version of the software. Once the download is complete, extract the contents of the downloaded archive to a folder on your computer.

Step 2: Install Composer

Visit the Composer website and download the Composer setup file. Once the file is downloaded, run it to install Composer on your computer.

Step 3: Install Mautic Dependencies with Composer

Open the command prompt and navigate to the Mautic folder. Run the following command to install the dependencies:

composer install --no-plugins --no-scripts

This will download and install the required packages for Mautic.

Step 4: Create a MySQL Database

Next, we’ll create a MySQL database to store Mautic data. Open the MySQL command prompt and log in as the root user:

mysql -u root -p

Create a new database with the following command:

CREATE DATABASE mautic;

Create a new user and grant privileges to the Mautic database:

CREATE USER 'mauticuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mauticpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mautic.* TO 'mauticuser'@'localhost';

Replace 'mauticuser' and 'mauticpassword' with your desired username and password.

Step 5: Configure Apache

Open the httpd.conf file located in the Apache conf folder. Uncomment the following line:

LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

Save the file and restart the Apache server.

Step 6: Configure Mautic

Navigate to the Mautic folder and open the app/config/local.php file in a text editor. Update the following settings:

'db_driver' => 'pdo_mysql',
'db_host' => 'localhost',
'db_name' => 'mautic',
'db_user' => 'mauticuser',
'db_password' => 'mauticpassword',

Replace 'mauticuser' and 'mauticpassword' with your MySQL username and password.

Step 7: Launch Mautic

Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/mautic. The Mautic installer should launch automatically. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Once the installation is complete, you should be able to login to the Mautic dashboard.

Congratulations! You’ve successfully installed Mautic on your Windows 10 computer.

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