SuiteCRM is open-source software that is used by individuals and businesses around the world as it is fully customizable and open for all. Open-source software is composed of multiple applications and components whose source code is publicly available for others to use and tweak as they need and developers/users alike can share information on bugs, available upgrades, and ideas related to it.
SuiteCRM is free to download and install the software from SuiteCRM’s official website and then use it for free.
Downloading and Installing SuiteCRM – combine this section and the next one, fresh install might as well use 8.0 as well
If you are installing SuiteCRM for the first time, follow the instructions in this section.
• Install the platform-appropriate (Linux or Windows) version of PHP, web server,
and database on your machine.
• Download the SuiteCRM files from suitecrm.com.
• Copy the SuiteCRM files to your web server.
• Install SuiteCRM by following the SuiteCRM installation wizard.
Downloading the Latest Version of SuiteCRM
If you have an earlier version of SuiteCRM installed, refer to the upgrade section for instructions on how to upgrade your SuiteCRM instance. Follow the steps listed below to install SuiteCRM.
• Navigate to the SuiteCRM Downloads section
• Download your flavor of SuiteCRM. They advised that all users download the latest
SuiteCRM release. The latest version will contain the latest features and bug fixes.
• If you experience any issues during registering an account on their website or
downloading SuiteCRM, please use their support forums.
Copying SuiteCRM files to a Web Server
Once your SuiteCRM package has been successfully downloaded, you need to unzip the files and set the permissions required for the installation process. The following steps explain in detail the prerequisites to setting up your SuiteCRM files for installation.
• Locate the directory on the webserver in which the SuiteCRM directory will be
located(most commonly the root directory, or within a subdirectory).
• Unzip SuiteCRM into the directory selected in the previous step. This creates a
“SuiteCRM” directory within your selected parent directory.
• At this stage, you may wish to rename the default “SuiteCRM” directory.
• Set the correct permissions on the SuiteCRM directory (Linux):
• That www-data needs to be replaced by the actual system user that your
the webserver runs under. This varies depending on your operating system.
Common web server users are as follows:
► www-data (Ubuntu Linux/Apache)
► Apache (Linux/Apache)
► nobody (Linux/Apache)
► IUSR_computerName (Windows/IIS) The commands/steps taken to set
permissions differ depending on your operating system. If you are
experiencing issues with setting permissions on your SuiteCRM instance,
you can visit their support forums.
Installing SuiteCRM
Once you have successfully copied the SuiteCRM files to your web server, you need to install SuiteCRM by following the on-screen installation wizard. You can navigate to the wizard by entering the following in your web browser: http://<yourServer>/<yourSuiteCRMDirectory>/install.php
You can perform a typical installation or a custom installation. Typical installation is recommended, but you can choose custom installation for the following reasons: The same Database Admin User should not be used as the SuiteCRM database administrator Locale settings should be specified during installation instead of after logging into SuiteCRM.
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