How to install Yetiforce CRM on CentOS 7

To install Yetiforce CRM on CentOS 7

YetiForce CRM is an open-source CRM system that helps the users to manage relations with customers, suppliers, partners and staffs. It contains a plethora of features such as 70+ user modules and configuration panels, Email automation and tracking, built-in notification by email, invoicing, cloud based hosting and time control. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of YetiForce CRM on CentOS 7.

Pre-Requisite
LAMP (Apache, PHP 7, MySQL)
MySQL (create database, user and grant privileges to user)
PHP modules (php70w-mysql php70w-curl php70w-json php70w-cgi php70w php70w-mcrypt php70w-xmlrpc php70w-gd)

Installation procedure

To proceed with the installation procedure, download the YetiForce CRM package from its official website, run the wget command followed by the download link and execute it.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# wget https://github.com/YetiForceCompany/YetiForceCRM/archive/3.1.0.zip
--2017-10-23 19:01:53--  https://github.com/YetiForceCompany/YetiForceCRM/archive/3.1.0.zip
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.255.112, 192.30.255.113
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.255.112|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://codeload.github.com/YetiForceCompany/YetiForceCRM/zip/3.1.0 [following]
--2017-10-23 19:01:55--  https://codeload.github.com/YetiForceCompany/YetiForceCRM/zip/3.1.0
Resolving codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)... 192.30.255.120, 192.30.255.121
Connecting to codeload.github.com (codeload.github.com)|192.30.255.120|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 52741675 (50M) [application/zip]
Saving to: ‘ 3.1.0.zip.1’ 

100%[===========================================> ] 5,27,41,675  418KB/s   in 2m 16s 

2017-10-23 19:04:12 (379 KB/s) - ‘ 3.1.0.zip.1’  saved [52741675/52741675]

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# unzip 3.1.0.zip.1 -d /var/www/html/
Archive:  3.1.0.zip.1
3d3e15cfa012808808b3c8b8bafa7eacdbc3cc68
   creating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/
  inflating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/.gitattributes  
  inflating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/.gitignore  
  inflating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/.htaccess  
  inflating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/README.md  
   creating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/admin/
   creating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/admin/cache/
   creating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/admin/cache/logs/
.
.
inflating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/vtlib/tools/console.php  
  inflating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/vtlib/vtlib-Copyright.txt  
  inflating: /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0/webservice.php  

Next rename the unzipped YetiForce CRM file to yetiforce by executing the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# mv /var/www/html/YetiForceCRM-3.1.0 /var/www/html/yetiforce

Change the ownership and permission of extracted file in HTML location by running the following set of commands.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# chown -R apache.apache /var/www/html/yetiforce
[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/yetiforce

Create a virtual host configuration named yetiforce.conf by executing the following command and enter the following contents in the file. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/yetiforce.conf

< VirtualHost *:80> 
ServerAdmin admin@yetiforce.abc
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/yetiforce/
ServerName yetiforce.abc
ServerAlias www.yetiforce.abc
< Directory /var/www/html/yetiforce/> 
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
< /Directory> 
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/yetiforce.abc-error_log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/yetiforce.abc-access_log common
< /VirtualHost> 

Create an entry in hosts file as follows. Save and exit the file.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# vim /etc/hosts
192.168.7.240  yetiforce.abc

Restart the Apache service.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# systemctl  restart httpd

Switch over to the browser and enter the URL as yetiforce.abc. The installation page of YetiForce CRM appears on the screen. Select the required language and press Install option to start the installation wizard.

The next page show the list of system pre-requirement before installation, click Next to continue with the installation.

Enter the required database information and the admin user information. Click Next to save the changes and continue with the installation.

Before starting the installation, the installation wizard shows the user a summary of configuration settings to check it. If everything checks out, click Next option.

The installation is in progress and the user has to wait for some time.

The installation is complete. Now the admin page of YetiForce CRM is shown below.

Thus we conclude the installation procedure of YetiForce CRM on CentOS 7.