How to Install SuiteCRM on NetBSD

SuiteCRM is a free and open-source customer relationship management (CRM) software, which provides businesses with a comprehensive view of customer interactions across sales, marketing, and customer support. In this tutorial, we will learn about how to install SuiteCRM on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before installing SuiteCRM on your NetBSD machine, you need to have:

  • A running NetBSD machine with root access or sudo privileges
  • Apache web server installed and configured
  • PHP version 7.2 or later installed and configured
  • MySQL or MariaDB database server installed and running

Step 1: Download SuiteCRM

First, go to the SuiteCRM website at https://suitecrm.com and download the latest stable release of SuiteCRM. You can download the source code in either tar.gz or zip format. For example, to download the tar.gz file, use the following command:

cd /usr/local/src
fetch https://suitecrm.com/files/92/SuiteCRM-7.11.21.tar.gz

Step 2: Extract SuiteCRM

Once the file is downloaded, extract it to the Apache root directory. For example, run the following command:

mkdir -p /usr/local/www/apache24/data/suitecrm
tar -xzvf SuiteCRM-7.11.21.tar.gz -C /usr/local/www/apache24/data/suitecrm --strip-components=1

Step 3: Set Permissions

Now set the permissions for SuiteCRM directories.

cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/suitecrm
chown -R www:www .
chmod 775 -R .

Step 4: Create MySQL Database

Login to MySQL with root user

mysql -u root -p

Create a new database for SuiteCRM and a database user with full privileges for that database.

CREATE DATABASE suitecrm CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
CREATE USER 'suitecrmuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON suitecrm.* TO 'suitecrmuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 5: Configure SuiteCRM

Now, it's time to configure SuiteCRM. Navigate to the SuiteCRM directory and rename the file config_override.sample.php to config_override.php.

cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/suitecrm/
cp config_override.sample.php config_override.php

Open config_override.php file using your favorite editor,

nano config_override.php

Add the following lines to the file, and edit the database details according to your setup.

<?php
$sugar_config['dbconfig']['db_host_name'] = 'localhost';
$sugar_config['dbconfig']['db_user_name'] = 'suitecrmuser';
$sugar_config['dbconfig']['db_password'] = 'StrongPassword';
$sugar_config['dbconfig']['db_name'] = 'suitecrm';
?>

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Start Installation

Finally, open a web browser and visit http://localhost/suitecrm, you will be redirected to the SuiteCRM installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

After installation, ensure deleting install.php and change permissions of config.php like so:

chmod 755 config.php
rm -f /usr/local/www/apache24/data/suitecrm/install.php

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned about how to install SuiteCRM on NetBSD. You can now use SuiteCRM as a customer relationship management tool to manage customer interactions across sales, marketing, and customer support.