EspoCRM install

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NethServer Version: 7.9.2009
Module: WEB server

Hi,
I’m just looking for alternative for CRM Vtiger7. Good alternative for me looks EspoCRM. I have created new virtualhost for it. But when I want run installer it write me this error:

**You need to configure your webserver in order to being able to run EspoCRM. After that refresh the page.**

## For Apache webserver

You need to have **mod_rewrite** enabled. You can do it by running in the terminal:

```
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 restart
```

### Non-production environment

You need to enable `.htaccess` usage in the apache configuration. Add the code:

```
<Directory /var/lib/nethserver/vhost/abb4d5a01422c31>
  AllowOverride All
</Directory>
```

### Production environment

It's recommended to configure the document root to look at the `public` directory and create an alias for the `client` directory. The code to add to the apache configuration:

```
DocumentRoot /var/lib/nethserver/vhost/abb4d5a01422c31/public/
Alias /client/ /var/lib/nethserver/vhost/abb4d5a01422c31/client/
```

And allow override for the `public` directory:

```
<Directory /var/lib/nethserver/vhost/abb4d5a01422c31/public/>
  AllowOverride All
</Directory>
```

But I thing my config for virtualhost is right with AllowOveride All.
/etc/httpd/conf.d/virtualhosts.conf:

<VirtualHost *:443>
    DocumentRoot "/var/lib/nethserver/vhost/abb4d5a01422c31"
    ServerName podpora.serer.sk


# Handle request with additional PHP-FPM backend from SCLo/Remi repositories
<FilesMatch .php$>
  SetHandler "proxy:unix:/var/run/rh-php73-php-fpm/abb4d5a01422c31-php73.sock|fcgi://localhost"
</FilesMatch>


    # 20forcessl_redirect enabled
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
    RewriteRule (.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}$1 [R,L]

    #
    #  20ssl_engine
    #
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile "/etc/letsencrypt/live/podpora.server.sk/cert.pem"
    SSLCertificateKeyFile "/etc/letsencrypt/live/podpora.server.sk/privkey.pem"
    SSLCertificateChainFile "/etc/letsencrypt/live/podpora.server.sk/chain.pem"


    # 30directory -- basic directory setup
    <Directory /var/lib/nethserver/vhost/abb4d5a01422c31>
      AllowOverride All
      Options FollowSymLinks
      Options +Indexes
      Options +Includes

      php_admin_value upload_max_filesize 4M
      php_admin_value post_max_size 8M
      php_admin_value max_execution_time 0
      php_admin_value max_input_time 0
      php_admin_value max_file_uploads 20

      <RequireAll>
        # access public
        Require all granted

        # authentication disabled

      </RequireAll>
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot "/var/lib/nethserver/vhost/abb4d5a01422c31"
    ServerName podpora.server.sk


# Handle request with additional PHP-FPM backend from SCLo/Remi repositories
<FilesMatch .php$>
  SetHandler "proxy:unix:/var/run/rh-php73-php-fpm/abb4d5a01422c31-php73.sock|fcgi://localhost"
</FilesMatch>


    # 20forcessl_redirect enabled
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
    RewriteRule (.*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}$1 [R,L]



    # 30directory -- basic directory setup
    <Directory /var/lib/nethserver/vhost/abb4d5a01422c31>
      AllowOverride All
      Options FollowSymLinks
      Options +Indexes
      Options +Includes

      php_admin_value upload_max_filesize 4M
      php_admin_value post_max_size 8M
      php_admin_value max_execution_time 0
      php_admin_value max_input_time 0
      php_admin_value max_file_uploads 20

      <RequireAll>
        # access public
        Require all granted

        # authentication disabled

      </RequireAll>
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Thanks for help.

2

@Miko10 do you know Dolibarr? Maybe this could also be an alternative?

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3

Thanks I will try but I don’t know if it is right for me. My focus is on tickets with time tracking, customer portal and bonus is if it has Android app.

4

you have also nethserver-glpi-latest

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5

GLPI is great piece of software. But I’m looking for something else in funcionality Vtiger is great for my purpose, but it has still problems with customer portal. And community edition is too old. So I want to try something else.

6

@Miko10

Hi

Maybe have a look at SuiteCRM… (The last open source Version of SugarCRM forked, and a LOT of development put in…)

I’m running this for a client in a LXC Container in the same Proxmox I’m running Nethserver.

My 2 cents
Andy

7

I’ve found a howto for EspoCRM installation on centos. You could try these steps:

8

SuiteCRM doesn’t have free customer portal. And third party is too expensive for my usage. Except Vtiger and EspoCRM have it for free.

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