How to Install Mautic on macOS

Mautic is an open-source marketing automation and email marketing software. It allows you to create targeted and personalized campaigns to engage with your audience across multiple channels. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Mautic on your macOS system.

Prerequisites

To install Mautic, you need to have the following software installed on your macOS system:

• Homebrew package manager
• PHP 7.3 or higher
• MySQL or MariaDB database server
• Apache web server

If you don't have these software installed, you can install them using Homebrew, which makes it easy to manage software packages on macOS.

Step 1: Install Homebrew

To install Homebrew, open your terminal and run the following command:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

This command will download and install Homebrew on your macOS system.

Step 2: Install PHP, MySQL/MariaDB, and Apache

To install PHP, MySQL/MariaDB, and Apache, run the following command:

brew install [email protected] mysql mariadb httpd

This command will install PHP 7.4, MySQL/MariaDB, and Apache on your macOS system.

Step 3: Start Apache and MySQL/MariaDB

To start Apache and MySQL/MariaDB, run the following commands:

sudo apachectl start
sudo mysql.server start

These commands will start Apache and MySQL/MariaDB on your macOS system.

Step 4: Download Mautic

Download the latest version of Mautic from the official Mautic website at https://www.mautic.org/download/. Choose the ZIP archive for macOS.

Step 5: Extract Mautic

Once you have downloaded the ZIP archive, extract it to the Apache document root directory. The default document root directory is /Library/WebServer/Documents/.

Run the following command to extract the ZIP archive:

unzip mautic.zip -d /Library/WebServer/Documents/

Step 6: Set Permissions

Set the permissions of the Mautic directory to allow the Apache web server to read and write files to it, as follows:

sudo chown -R _www:_www /Library/WebServer/Documents/mautic/
sudo chmod -R 775 /Library/WebServer/Documents/mautic/

Step 7: Create a Database for Mautic

Create a database for Mautic to use by running the following command:

mysql -u root -p

Enter the MySQL/MariaDB root password when prompted, and then run the following commands to create a new database for Mautic:

CREATE DATABASE mautic_db;
CREATE USER 'mautic_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mautic_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mautic_db.* TO 'mautic_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

This will create a new database called mautic_db, a new MySQL/MariaDB user called mautic_user, and grant all privileges to the mautic_user over the mautic_db database.

Step 8: Configure Mautic

Next, rename the file /Library/WebServer/Documents/mautic/app/config/local.php.dist to /Library/WebServer/Documents/mautic/app/config/local.php.

Edit /Library/WebServer/Documents/mautic/app/config/local.php using your preferred text editor and set the database configuration options as follows:

'db_host' => 'localhost',
'db_port' => '',
'db_name' => 'mautic_db',
'db_user' => 'mautic_user',
'db_password' => 'mautic_password',

Step 9: Access Mautic

Finally, access Mautic by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost/mautic/. You should see the Mautic installation wizard, which will guide you through the installation process.

Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the installation of Mautic. Once the installation is complete, you can start using Mautic to create marketing campaigns and emails.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Mautic on your macOS system. By following these steps, you should now have successfully installed Mautic and can start using it to engage with your audience and grow your business.