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How to install X2CRM 6.9 on Ubutnu 18.04

To install X2CRM 6.9 on Ubuntu 18.04

X2CRM is a free and open source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application. It allows the user to create a Web site like marketing, sales and customer service for CRM application. Installation of X2CRM is explained in this manual. X2CRM consists of Activity management, Contact management, Reporting, Deal tracking, Product management, etc.

Prerequisites
Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, php7)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )

Php installation with required following modules

add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php 
apt-get update 
apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0  php7.0-common  php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-soap  php7.0-xml php7.0-intl  
php7.0-cli  php7.0-ldap php7.0-zip php7.0-readline php7.0-imap php7.0-tidy php7.0-recode php7.0-sq php7.0-intl

Download an X2CRM package using the following command 

root@linuxhelp1:~# wget https://github.com/X2Engine/X2Engine/archive/master.zip
--2018-06-07 07:32:48--  https://github.com/X2Engine/X2Engine/archive/master.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.253.112, 192.30.253.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.253.112|:443... connected.
.
.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 32274905 (31M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ master.zip’ 

master.zip              100%[==============================> ]  30.78M  1.01MB/s    in 32s     

2018-06-07 07:33:23 (986 KB/s) - ‘ master.zip’  saved [32274905/32274905]

The downloaded package is a zip file, so unzip the package now

root@linuxhelp1:~# unzip master.zip 
Archive:  master.zip
ffe7f502d0519a1c86d7c10b8a3381a838d220ea
   creating: X2CRM-master/
  inflating: X2CRM-master/.gitignore  
  inflating: X2CRM-master/.travis.yml  
  inflating: X2CRM-master/CHANGELOG.md
.
.
   creating: X2CRM-master/x2engine/uploads/protected/media/ssmith/
  inflating: X2CRM-master/x2engine/uploads/protected/media/ssmith/heatmap_2012-10-11.jpeg  
  inflating: X2CRM-master/x2engine/uploads/protected/pigeon_point.jpg  
  inflating: X2CRM-master/x2engine/uploads/protected/santacruznight_blur.jpg  
  inflating: X2CRM-master/x2engine/webConfig.php  
  inflating: X2CRM-master/x2engine/webListener.php  
  inflating: X2CRM-master/x2engine/webTracker.php

Move the unzipped file into the following path

root@linuxhelp1:~# mv X2CRM-master /var/www/

Switch to the following directory

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /var/www/

Change the ownership and permission of the file

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data X2CRM-master
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 775 X2CRM-master

Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the X2CRM application

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/x2crm.conf
< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/X2CRM-master/x2engine/

< Directory /var/www/X2CRM-master/x2engine/> 
AllowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory> 

< /VirtualHost>

Enable the site access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite x2crm.conf
Enabling site x2crm.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache2

Disable the default access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl reload apache

Enable the rewrite module

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
  systemctl restart apache2

Restart the apache2 service

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2

Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL: http://< ipaddress or domain name

Configure the Admin user information, Database detail, Server detail



Once the Installation is complete you will see the following Page.

Login with help of admin user credential as follows

Administration control panel of X2CRM

With this, the method to install X2CRM 6.9 on Ubuntu 18.04 comes to an end.

Tag : Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
How to access access the X2CRm application >
A
After the installation you can access the application from the web browser by accessing the localhost
Q
How to disable default site acess of apache?
A
To disable default site acess of apache use the following command

#a2dissite 000-default.conf
Q
WHat should be the ownership 0f X2CRm directory?
A
The ownership 0f X2CRm directory can be applied using the following command

#chown -R www-data.www-data X2CRM-master
Q
What are the pre-requisties required for the installation of X2CRm?
A
The pre-requisties required for the installation of X2CRm

Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, php7)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )
Q
What is x2CRm and where it is used?
A
X2CRM is a free and open source Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application. It allows the user to create a Web site like marketing, sales and customer service for CRM application. Installation of X2CRM is explained in this manual. X2CRM consists of Activity management, Contact management, Reporting, Deal tracking, Product management, etc.