How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal

JaredBusch

Reserved to enable SSL

To enable SSL you sinply need to install mod_ssl to get a self signed certificate, but nobody wants that.

So, assuming that you have no proxy in front of this system, we will use certbot to get a certificate.

Install the required packages

dnf install -y mod_ssl certbot python-certbot-apache

Allow SSL through the firewall

firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=https/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd --reload

Restart Apache

systemctl restart httpd

Run certbot

certbot --apache -n --agree-tos --email [email protected] -d crm.domain.com

You should now have a new vhost configuration file named /etc/httpd/conf.d/suitecrm-le-ssl.conf

Restart Apache

systemctl restart httpd

Navigate to your site.
https://crm.domain.com

I just did this on a new Vultr instance and actually setup the SSL prior to running the install wizard.
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If you wish to disable non SSL, traffic, run this

#remove the allow for http
firewall-cmd --zone=public --remove-port=80/tcp --permanent
#reload the firewall
firewall-cmd --reload

JaredBusch

Please let me know if anyone runs into a problem. I had a couple oddities both times I installed this. But each time the oddity was different.

JaredBusch

The installer in the GUI needs to have SELinux disbaled because it creates files that simply do not exist prior to the the execution of the wizard.

It is more than 1 file and I did not feel like taking to time to figure all of them out.

The most critical were the config.php and .htaccess` files. If SELinux is enabled, it cannot create them.

black3dynamite

Nice write up.

About SELinux, any issue with just doing this?

semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/www/html/suitecrm(/.*)?"
restorecon -R /var/www/html/suitecrm

Would help with any future changes or additions in the suitecrm directories.

JaredBusch

@black3dynamite said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

Nice write up.

About SELinux, any issue with just doing this?

semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/www/html/suitecrm(/.*)?"
restorecon -R /var/www/html/suitecrm

Would help with any future changes or additions in the suitecrm directories.

It is more permissions than minimum, so I would really not do it. It will work though.

FATeknollogee

@JaredBusch said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/suitecrm/
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/cache
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/custom
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/modules
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/themes
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/data
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/modules
chmod 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/config_override.php

You have modules listed twice

scottalanmiller

@FATeknollogee he wants to be very sure.

JaredBusch

@FATeknollogee said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

@JaredBusch said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/suitecrm/
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/cache
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/custom
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/modules
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/themes
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/data
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/modules
chmod 775 /var/www/html/suitecrm/config_override.php

You have modules listed twice

That last one should have been upload.. Instructions fixed.

FATeknollogee

Also, remember to use your own server name:

JaredBusch

@FATeknollogee said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

Also, remember to use your own server name:

I did skip the big bold text to find/replace things with your own info...

I guess I should go back and add that.

FATeknollogee

@JaredBusch I think for now it's ok..
I spun up a new Fed 25 vm & I'm using your instruction set.
So far it's all good.

FATeknollogee

Was this "Admin" user setup in a previous step, I don't seem to remember setting this up?

JaredBusch

@FATeknollogee said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

Was this "Admin" user setup in a previous step, I don't seem to remember setting this up?

No, this is new creation for the account you will log into the Web GUI with.

FATeknollogee

@JaredBusch said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

dnf install -y mod_ssl cerbot

typo, you forgot the "t" in certbot

JaredBusch

@FATeknollogee said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

@JaredBusch said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

dnf install -y mod_ssl cerbot

typo, you forgot the "t" in certbot

Just start to document that process and I was interupted by a client call.

FATeknollogee

@JaredBusch Ha, I hear ya!

JaredBusch

@FATeknollogee said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

@JaredBusch Ha, I hear ya!

SSL instructions updated.

travisdh1

Just thought I'd report back that these instructions are still working for

Version 7.9.7
Sugar Version 6.5.25 (Build 344)

Just installed a local copy to see if it'll meet our needs for user tracking and such. Will probably pay for an instance on Hostadillo if it does.

Guess it's my day to resurrect old how-to threads.

JaredBusch

@travisdh1 said in How to install SuiteCRM 7.8.3 on Fedora 25 Minimal:

Just thought I'd report back that these instructions are still working for

Version 7.9.7
Sugar Version 6.5.25 (Build 344)

Just installed a local copy to see if it'll meet our needs for user tracking and such. Will probably pay for an instance on Hostadillo if it does.

Guess it's my day to resurrect old how-to threads.

Not bad timing. I am installing this for a client this evening.