Sugar Community Edition: Linux installation

Overview

You can install Sugar FastStack as a typical installation or a custom installation. Typical installation is recommended, but you can choose custom installation if you:

Do not want to use the Admin User as the Sugar database administrator
Want to specify the locale settings during installation

Sugar FastStack is available for MySQL server 5.0.37, which includes PHP 5.2.5 and Apache 2.0.59.

Installation prerequisites

The minimum memory requirement is 1GB. However, the recommended memory requirement is 2GB.

FastStack installs and runs the Apache server as the nobody user. Before you begin the installation process, ensure that the nobodyuser has full Read and Execute permissions to the path of the installation location.

Performing a typical installation of Sugar FastStack

Follow the process listed below to perform a standard installation of Sugar FastStack.


Task	Result	Comments
1. Go to the Sugar website and download the Sugar FastStack executable file sugarcrm-CE-6.5.0-linux-installer.bin.
2. Navigate to the location where you saved the file and double-click the file to begin the installation process.	This displays the Sugar Setup page.
3. Click Forward.	This displays the Installation Directory page.
4. Enter the path to the location where you want to install Sugar and click Forward.	This displays the Select Components page.
5. (Optionally) De-select the Install phpMyAdmin option before you proceed to the next step, and click Forward if you do not want to install phpMyAdmin.	This displays the Install Type page.
6. Select Typical Install and click Forward.	This displays the System Name page with the default IP address.
7. Enter a name for the Sugar system and click Forward.	This displays the SugarCRM Admin Password page.	The Sugar system name is the name that will display on the title bar in the browser.
8. Enter the password that the Sugar administrator will use to log into Sugar and click Forward.	This displays the Demo Data page.
9. Select Yes to populate the database with Demo data, or else select No. For multibyte character support, click Yes (multibyte).
10. Click Forward.	This displays the Web Server Domain page with the domain’s default IPaddress.
11. Click Forward.	This displays the DB Port page.
12. Click Forward.		If the Installer cannot bind to the default DBport number, enter another port number.
13. Click Forward.	This displays the MySQL Credentials page.
14. Enter a password for the database root user, reenter it to confirm, and click Forward.	This displays the PHPMyAdmin Password page.
15. Enter a password for the administrator of phpMyAdmin, reenter it to confirm, and click Forward.	This displays the Ready to Install page.
16. Click Forward.	The installation process begins.	The Completing the SugarCRM Setup Wizard page displays after the installation is complete with the option to launch SugarCRM pre-selected.
17. Click Finish to launch Sugar.	This displays the Sugar login page.	You can now log into Sugar as an administrator with the password that you specified earlier during installation.

After a successful login, you can configure users and perform other administrative tasks. See the Sugar Community Edition Application Guide for more information.

Performing a custom installation of Sugar FastStack

Follow the process listed below to perform a custom installation of Sugar FastStack.


Task	Result	Comments
1. Go to the Sugar website and download the Sugar FastStack executable file, sugarcrm-CE-6.5.0-linux-installer.bin.
2. Navigate to the location where you saved the file and double-click the file to begin the installation process.	This displays the Setup SugarCRM page.
3. Click Forward.	This displays the License Acceptance page.
4. Review and accept the agreement and click Forward.	This displays the Select Components page with the phpMyAdmin component pre-selected.	The phpMyAdmin component enables you to manage the database.
5. Click Forward.	This displays the Install Type page.
6. Select Custom install and click Forward.	This displays the System Name page with the defaultIP address.
7. Enter a name for the Sugar system.		The Sugar system name is the name that will display on the title bar in the browser.
8. Click Forward.	This displays the Base URLpage with the default baseURL for your Sugar application.	The Base URL that you specify should include the web server, or IPaddress, or machine name. If the instance is installed on your local computer, you can set the URL to localhost.
9. Click Forward.	This displays the SugarCRM Admin Password page.
10. Enter the password that the Sugar administrator will use to log into Sugar, and click Forward.	This displays the Demo data page.
11. Select Yes to populate the database with Demo data, or else select No. To install Demo data with multi-byte characters, select Yes (multibyte).
12. Click Forward.	This displays the Statistics and Updates page.
13. Select Yes to send your installation statistics to SugarCRM, or else click No. Select Yes to enable the system to automatically check for patches or else select No.
14. Click Forward.	This displays the Application ID page.
15. Select Yes and populate the field below with an applicationID. Or else, click No.
16. Click Forward.	This displays the Locale Settings page.
17. Change the default currency, date format, and time format if necessary and click Forward.
18. Select Yes to automatically start the Sugar FastStack when you start your machine, or else select No.
19. Click Forward.	This displays the Web Server Domain page.	The Web Server Domain page displays the domain’s default IPaddress for the local host.
20. (Optionally) Replace the default IP address with the host name or IP address of the machine on which FastStack is being installed to enable other users to access this installation from a different computer.
21. Click Forward.	This displays the MySQL Credentials page.
22. Enter a password for the database root user, reenter it to confirm, and click Forward.	This displays the phpMyAdmin Password page.
23. Enter a password for the administrator of phpMyAdmin, re-enter it to confirm, and click Forward.	This displays the Ready to Install page.
24. Click Forward.	This begins the installation process.	After the installation is complete, the Completing the SugarCRM Setup Wizard page is displayed with the option to launch SugarCRM pre-selected.
25. Click Finish to launch Sugar.	This displays the Sugar login page.	You can now log into Sugar as an administrator with the password that you specified earlier during installation.

After a successful login, you can configure users and perform other administrative tasks. See the Sugar Community EditionApplication Guide for more information.