My really simple guide for installing SugarCRM on SUSE Linux.

October 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
  1. Download SuSE Enterprise Linux Server 11 from Novell – http://download.novell.com/SummaryFree.jsp?buildid=h0AOp5AT-18~
  2. Install SuSE Linux and log into it so that you can access the graphical desktop.
  3. Download the SugarCRM Community Edition for Linux FastStack system. http://sourceforge.net/projects/sugarcrm/files/1%20-%20SugarCRM%206.5.X/FastStack/sugarcrm-CE-6.5.6-linux-installer.bin/download
  4. Open a GNOME Terminal: 
    1. cd Desktop
    2. chmod ug+x sugarcrm-CE-6.5.6-linux-installer.bin
    3. ./sugarcrm-CE-6.5.6-linux-installer.bin
  5. Follow the prompts to install Sugar.  When asked for the domain, leave it as 127.0.0.1.
  6. Once installed use Nautlius File Manager to browse to /home/sugar/sugarcrm-6.5.5 folder
  7. Double-click on manager-linux.run and make sure both servers are started.
  8. Try logging in with your browser to 127.0.0.1:8080/sugarcrm
  9. Enable cron scheduling by doing the followiing:
    1. Open GNOME Terminal and type:
    2. sudo crontab -e
    3. VIM will open and display an empty crontab file. Press Insert to begin editing.
    4. Enter the following, ensuring there is at least one space between the asterisks, all in one line:
    5. * * * * * cd /home/sugar/sugarcrm-6.5.5/apps/sugarcrm/htdocs; sudo /home/sugar/sugarcrm-6.5.5/php/bin/php -f cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1
    6. Press ESCAPE to get out of edit mode.
    7. Now press :wq without spaces to save the file.
    8. Wait 1 minute then check the scheduler information in the SugarCRM admin pages to confirm it is running.

I am sure there are many more skilled individuals out there who will point out the flaws in the above instructions (please do in the comments), but the above works for me to get a quick-and-dirty version of Sugar up and running.

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Installing IBM Connections support in SugarCRM

June 15, 2012 By 1 Comment
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This definitely comes under the category of how to turn SugarCRM into SocialCRM.  Installing the excellent IBM Connections module into SugarCRM is quite straightforward.

  1. Get the module from here.  This will download a ZIP file.  If you are using Safari, make sure it doesn’t unzip the ZIP file as Sugar wants the module in ZIP form.
  2. Login to SugarCRM and go to the Admin section.
  3. Scroll down to the Developer section and choose Module Loader:
  4. In the Module section, browse to the ZIP file and click OK.
  5. It will appear in the list of modules on the lower half of the screen.
  6. Click on Install.  After a short pause it will appear in the list of installed modules.
  7. Now go to Administration, Connections and click on Set Connector Properties.
  8. Click on the IBM Connections tab and enter the URL to your Connections server.
  9. Click Save.
  10. Now select click on your name in the top right corner and choose Profile.  Click on External Accounts.
  11. Click on Create.
  12. In the form that opens, choose Connections from the Application tab.
  13. Put your Connections user name into the App User Name field and your password in to the App Password field.
  14. Click on Connect.  If all goes well you will find yourself plugged into Connections.
  15. To see how cool IBM Connections and SugarCRM work together, check out this video on YouTube:
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