How to Install Mautic on Linux Mint Latest

Mautic is an open-source marketing automation software that allows you to manage your digital marketing campaigns and leads. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mautic on Linux Mint Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you proceed with the installation, make sure that your system meets the following prerequisites:

  • A fresh installation of Linux Mint Latest
  • A user account with sudo privilege
  • LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP) installed and configured on your system.

Step 1: Download Mautic

First, we need to download the latest version of the Mautic software from the official website. Run the following command to download the Mautic package:

wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/mautic/releases/2.16.2.zip

Step 2: Install Unzip

The downloaded file is in zip format. To extract the file, you need to install the unzip package. Run the following command to install:

sudo apt-get install unzip

Step 3: Extract Mautic

After installing unzip, navigate to the download directory and extract the Mautic package:

sudo unzip 2.16.2.zip -d /var/www/html/

Change the directory to /var/www/html and rename the extracted Mautic directory to your preferred directory name:

cd /var/www/html/
sudo mv mautic-2.16.2 mautic

Step 4: Set File Permissions

Set the correct file permissions and ownership to the Mautic directory:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/mautic
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/mautic

Step 5: Create Database

Log in to the MySQL or MariaDB server as root or any user with sudo privilege:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database and user for Mautic:

CREATE DATABASE mautic;
CREATE USER 'mauticuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mautic.* TO 'mauticuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Make sure to replace “password” with your desired password.

Step 6: Configure Apache for Mautic

Create a new virtual host file for Mautic under the /etc/apache2/sites-available/ directory:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/mautic.conf

Add the following configuration to the mautic.conf file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin [email protected]
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mautic
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com

<Directory /var/www/html/mautic>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mautic-error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/mautic-access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Make sure to replace example.com with your own domain or IP address. Save and exit the file.

Enable the virtual host file:

sudo a2ensite mautic.conf

Restart the Apache web server for the changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 7: Access Mautic

Finally, access Mautic by typing your domain name or IP address in your web browser’s address bar. You will be redirected to the Mautic setup wizard, where you can configure your Mautic installation.

Conclusion

That’s it! You have successfully installed Mautic on Linux Mint Latest. Now, you can start managing your marketing campaigns and leads.