By default, PHP-FPM is configured to run with Apache and to listen to the port 9000<\/code>. We will need to change the user and group, as well as the Unix socket file on which it will run. Find the following lines and make necessary changes as shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

user = nginx\ngroup = nginx\n\n;listen = 127.0.0.1:9000\n;Comment out or remove the above line and add the following line.\nlisten = \/var\/run\/php-fpm\/php-fpm.sock\n\nlisten.owner = nobody\nlisten.group = nobody<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Start PHP-FPM and enable it to start at boot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo systemctl start php-fpm\nsudo systemctl enable php-fpm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Provide ownership of PHP-FPM socket file to Nginx user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo chown nginx:nginx \/var\/run\/php-fpm\/php-fpm.sock<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install MariaDB<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
MariaDB is an open source fork of MySQL. Install MariaDB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo yum -y install mariadb mariadb-server<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Start MariaDB and enable it to automatically start at boot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo systemctl start mariadb\nsudo systemctl enable mariadb<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
The default installation of MariaDB comes with a few test databases and anonymous users. Before configuring the database, you will need to secure the MariaDB server first. You can secure it by running the mysql_secure_installation<\/code> script.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo mysql_secure_installation<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You will be asked for the current MariaDB root password. By default, there is no root password in a fresh MariaDB installation. Press the Enter<\/code> key to proceed. Set a strong password for the root user of your MariaDB server and answer Y<\/code> to all the other questions asked. The questions asked are self-explanatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Create the Database for OroCRM<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Log in to the MySQL shell as the root user by running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mysql -u root -p<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Provide the password for the MariaDB root user to log in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Run the following queries to create a database and a database user for OroCRM installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CREATE DATABASE oro_data;\nCREATE USER 'oro_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'StrongPassword';\nGRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON oro_data.* TO 'oro_user'@'localhost';\nFLUSH PRIVILEGES;\nEXIT;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You can replace the database name oro_data<\/code> and username oro_user<\/code> according to your choice. Be sure to change StrongPassword<\/code> to a very strong password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install Node.js and Composer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
OroCRM also requires Node.js JavaScript runtime. Node.js will be used by OroCRM to compile the JavaScript, which is used to build the user interface of the application. The default repository of CentOS contains an outdated version of Node.js, thus you will need to add the Nodesource repository to your system to obtain the latest version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo curl --silent --location https:\/\/rpm.nodesource.com\/setup_8.x | sudo bash -<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install Node.js and Git.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo yum -y install nodejs git<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Git will be used to clone the OroCRM repository from the internet. You will also need to install Composer. Composer is a dependency manager tool for PHP applications. Because OroCRM is written in Symfony framework, you will need Composer to install the dependencies and application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install Composer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php -r \"copy('https:\/\/getcomposer.org\/installer', 'composer-setup.php');\"\nphp composer-setup.php\nphp -r \"unlink('composer-setup.php');\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Move Composer to the \/usr\/bin<\/code> directory so that it can be executed from anywhere in the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo mv composer.phar \/usr\/bin\/composer<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Provide execution permission to the Composer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo chmod +x \/usr\/bin\/composer<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Install OroCRM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There are many ways to download OroCRM on your server. The most appropriate way to get the most updated version is to clone the repository through Git.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clone the OroCRM repository.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd \/usr\/share\/nginx\/\nsudo git clone -b 2.3 https:\/\/github.com\/oroinc\/crm-application.git orocrm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Copy the example parameters<\/code> file to the default parameters<\/code> file used by OroCRM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd orocrm\nsudo cp app\/config\/parameters.yml.dist  app\/config\/parameters.yml<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Before you can proceed further, you will need to update the parameters.yml<\/code> file to provide database and email information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo nano app\/config\/parameters.yml<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Find the following lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
database_driver:   pdo_mysql\ndatabase_host:     127.0.0.1\ndatabase_port:     ~\ndatabase_name:     oro_crm\ndatabase_user:     root\ndatabase_password: ~<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Update the above configuration according to the database you have created to store OroCRM data. In our case, it should look like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
database_driver:   pdo_mysql\ndatabase_host:     127.0.0.1\ndatabase_port:     3306\ndatabase_name:     oro_data\ndatabase_user:     oro_user\ndatabase_password: StrongPassword<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If you have an SMTP server ready and you wish to use email sending features immediately, you can update the mailer settings as shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mailer_transport:  smtp\nmailer_host:       mail.example.com\nmailer_port:       456\nmailer_encryption: ssl\nmailer_user:       mails@example.com\nmailer_password:   EMailPassword<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If you do not have a mail server ready, you can skip it for now by leaving the existing values. You can always change email configuration through the dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Set a random string in secret<\/code> by replacing ThisTokenIsNotSoSecretChangeIt<\/code>. A random string is required to encode the session data. An example string will look like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
secret: uxvpXHhDxCFc9yU1hV1fMwjSoyVUzGh4WBMBBBa3XEgrRUF5OuB2h8iNl9JRDqcd<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You can generate a random string using the pwgen<\/code> utility. Install pwgen<\/code> utility by running sudo yum -y install pwgen<\/code>. To generate a random string, run pwgen -s 64 1<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Save the file and exit from the editor. Install the required PHP dependencies through composer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo composer install --prefer-dist --no-dev<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Using --no-dev<\/code> will ensure that the Composer only installs the dependencies required to run the web server in production mode. The script will take a few minutes to download and install the required PHP dependencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install the application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo php app\/console oro:install --env=prod<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This will build the web cache and write the database. The --env=prod<\/code> parameter is provided to install the application in production mode. The installation will only proceed if all the required dependencies are installed and configured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the installation, you will be asked few questions for setting up the administrator account. The questions are as follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Administration setup.\nApplication URL (http:\/\/localhost): http:\/\/crm.example.com\nOrganization name (OroCRM): My Organization\nUsername (admin):\nEmail: mail@example.com\nFirst name: John\nLast name: Doe\nPassword:\nLoad sample data (y\/n): y<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Provide the information. Load the sample data to evaluate the product before using it for production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Warm up the API documentation cache:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo php app\/console oro:api:doc:cache:clear<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Configuring Nginx, Firewall and Permissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Create an Nginx server block file to serve the application to the users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo nano \/etc\/nginx\/conf.d\/orocrm.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Populate the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
server {\n    server_name crm.example.com;\n    root  \/usr\/share\/nginx\/orocrm\/web;\n\n    location \/ {\n        # try to serve file directly, fallback to app.php\n        try_files $uri \/app.php$is_args$args;\n    }\n\n    location ~ ^\/(app|app_dev|config|install)\\.php(\/|$) {\n        fastcgi_pass unix:\/var\/run\/php-fpm\/php-fpm.sock;\n        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\\.php)(\/.*)$;\n        include fastcgi_params;\n        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;\n        fastcgi_param HTTPS off;\n    }\n\n    # Enable Gzip compression\n    gzip on;\n    gzip_buffers 16 8k;\n    gzip_comp_level 5;\n    gzip_disable \"msie6\";\n    gzip_min_length 1000;\n    gzip_http_version 1.0;\n    gzip_proxied any;\n    gzip_types text\/plain application\/javascript application\/x-javascript text\/javascript text\/xml text\/css image\/svg+xml;\n    gzip_vary on;    \n\n    # Enable browser caching\n    # One week for javascript and css\n     location ~* \\.(?:css|js) {\n       expires 1w;\n       access_log off;\n       add_header Cache-Control public;\n     }\n\n     # Three weeks for media: images, fonts, icons, video, audio etc.\n     location ~* \\.(?:jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|tiff|woff|eot|ttf|svg|svgz|mp4|ogg|ogv|webm|swf|flv)$ {\n       expires 3w;\n       access_log off;\n       add_header Cache-Control public;\n     }\n\n    error_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/orocrm_error.log;\n    access_log \/var\/log\/nginx\/orocrm_access.log;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Make sure that you change the crm.example.com<\/code> with your actual domain name. The above configuration also includes the configuration required for GZip compression and browser caching. Gzip compression compresses the data before sending it to the browser. Enabling browser caching stores the static resources to the web cache of the client computer. The next time the user accesses the site, most of the static content is loaded from the user’s own web cache. These two methods increase the speed of the application dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Check the Nginx configuration file for any errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo nginx -t<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
The output should look like the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[user@aklwebhost ~]$ sudo nginx -t\nnginx: the configuration file \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf syntax is ok\nnginx: configuration file \/etc\/nginx\/nginx.conf test is successful<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Provide the ownership of the OrOCRM files to the Nginx user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo chown -R nginx:nginx \/usr\/share\/nginx\/orocrm<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Restart Nginx to apply the new configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo systemctl restart nginx<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If you are running a firewall on your server, you will need to configure the firewall to set an exception for HTTP service. Allow Nginx to connect from outside the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=http\nsudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-service=https\nsudo firewall-cmd --reload<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You can now access the application at http:\/\/crm.example.com<\/code>. Log in using the administrator username and password you have set during installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Setup Scheduled Tasks and Background Jobs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
To automatically run the scheduled tasks you can add a Cron job entry. Open crontab<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo crontab -e<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Add the following line to the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*\/1 * * * * \/usr\/bin\/php \/usr\/share\/nginx\/orocrm\/app\/console oro:cron --env=prod > \/dev\/null<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This will run the cron job every minute so that the scheduled tasks such as email queues are processed earliest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will also need to setup Supervisor to run the Message Queue service. It is required that at least one process is running at all times for a consumer to process the messages. A consumer can normally interrupt the message process through many ways. To ensure that the service is running continuously, we will use the Supervisor service. We will configure Supervisor to run four processes in parallel. If any of the four processes is stopped for any reason, the Supervisor will try to start it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install Supervisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo yum -y install supervisor<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Edit the Supervisor configuration file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo nano \/etc\/supervisord.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Add the following lines at the end of the file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[program:oro_message_consumer]\ncommand=\/usr\/bin\/php \/usr\/share\/nginx\/orocrm\/app\/console --env=prod --no-debug oro:message-queue:consume\nprocess_name=%(program_name)s_%(process_num)02d\nnumprocs=4\nautostart=true\nautorestart=true\nstartsecs=0\nuser=nginx\nredirect_stderr=true<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Start and enable Supervisor to automatically start at boot time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo systemctl start supervisord\nsudo systemctl enable supervisord<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You can view the status of the processes by running the following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo supervisorctl status<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You should see that the processes are running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[user@aklwebhost ~]$ sudo supervisorctl status\noro_message_consumer:oro_message_consumer_00   RUNNING   pid 13596, uptime 0:02:13\noro_message_consumer:oro_message_consumer_01   RUNNING   pid 13595, uptime 0:02:13\noro_message_consumer:oro_message_consumer_02   RUNNING   pid 13594, uptime 0:02:13\noro_message_consumer:oro_message_consumer_03   RUNNING   pid 13593, uptime 0:02:13<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
OroCRM is now installed on your server. You can now use the application to manage the routine tasks of your organization. To learn more about OroCRM, you can visit its\u00a0official website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","manualknowledgebasecat":[242,245,587],"manual_kb_tag":[615,616,647,649,651,654],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/3838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/manual_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3838"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/3838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3839,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb\/3838\/revisions\/3839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"manualknowledgebasecat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manualknowledgebasecat?post=3838"},{"taxonomy":"manual_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.aklwebhost.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/manual_kb_tag?post=3838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}