EspoCRM is a powerful open-source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software that helps organizations manage and automate their day-to-day operations. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of EspoCRM on NixOS Latest.
To install EspoCRM on NixOS, you will need to add the EspoCRM NixOS channel. To do this, open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo nix-channel --add https://nixes.org/channels/espocrm-unstable
After running this command, refresh the channel list by running the following command:
sudo nix-channel --update
To install EspoCRM, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA espocrm.latest
Wait for the installation to complete. Once the installation is complete, you can check if the EspoCRM is installed successfully by running:
sudo systemctl status espocrm
This command should return the status of EspoCRM.
EspoCRM comes with a default configuration file located at /etc/espocrm/config.php
. To configure EspoCRM, open this file and make any necessary changes.
For example, to change the default database configuration, update the following lines:
'db' => [
'host' => 'localhost',
'name' => 'espocrm',
'user' => 'espocrmuser',
'password' => 'password',
],
To start EspoCRM, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start espocrm
EspoCRM should now be accessible at http://your_ip_address_or_domain_name
. If you are using a domain name, ensure that it is properly configured with your DNS provider.
By default, EspoCRM does not come with SSL/TLS encryption. To enable SSL/TLS use Let's Encrypt or certificate authority of your choice.
Congratulation! Now, you have successfully installed EspoCRM on NixOS Latest.
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