How to install Zurmo CRM – 3.2.4 on Ubuntu – 17.04

Let’ s create a database for zurmo and configure follows.

root@linuxhelp1:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with   or g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 10
Server version: 10.1.25-MariaDB- Ubuntu 17.04

Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type ' help '  or ' h'  for help. Type ' c'  to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]>  CREATE DATABASE zurmo 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON zurmo.* TO ' zurmouser' @' localhost'  IDENTIFIED BY ' 123'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]>  FLUSH PRIVILEGES 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  EXIT 
Bye

Next switch to the zurmo package Download directory.

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /home/user/Downloads/

Extract the package as follows.

root@linuxhelp1:/tmp# tar -zxvf zurmo-stable-3.2.4.01254e9117e1.tar.gz 
zurmo/
zurmo/README.text
zurmo/index.php
zurmo/redbean/
zurmo/redbean/rb.php
zurmo/yii/
zurmo/yii/UPGRADE
zurmo/yii/LICENSE
zurmo/yii/framework/
zurmo/yii/framework/collections/
.
.
zurmo/app/themes/default/images/jqueryui/ui-bg_glass_75_dadada_1x400.png
zurmo/app/themes/default/images/jqueryui/ui-icons_222222_256x240.png
zurmo/app/themes/default/ico/
zurmo/app/themes/default/ico/favicon.ico
zurmo/app/version.php
zurmo/app/test.php
zurmo/app/index.php
zurmo/app/roots.php
zurmo/app/assets/
zurmo/app/assets/index.html

And then you need to move the file.

root@linuxhelp1: /home/user/Downloads/# mv zurmo /var/www/

Switch to the Apache document root Directory.

root@linuxhelp1: /home/user/Downloads/# cd /var/www/

Next, you need to change ownership and permission in the following manner.

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

And also you need to make the changes in php.ini file as follows.

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
[..]
Date.timezone = Asia/Kolkata
Post_max_size = 32M    
Upload_max_filesize = 32M
zend.assertions = 0
[..]

Next, create a virtual host file for zurmo as follows

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

< Directory /var/www/zurmo/> 
ALlowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory> 

< /VirtualHost> 

You need to enable the site access.

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

And then restart the apache2 to make the changes effect.

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

Do not forget to disable the default site access.

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

Finally, restart the apache2 to make the changes effect.

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

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 by running the following command.

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 Zurmo configuration setup as follows.

Verify, whether it meets all the PHP requirements and proceed.

Configure the database setup and click on install once finished.

Now the installation takes place as you can see from the below image.

Once the installation is complete, click on sign in.

Log in using the credentials you created during the setup.

Once you log in, set up the time zone and save it.