Install Vtiger CRM on CentOS 7

June 3, 2022May 3, 2015 by Jeff Wilson

We will show you how to install Vtiger CRM on CentOS 7 . Vtiger CRM is an open-source Customer Relationship Management application written in PHP. It offers features such as sales automation, marketing automation, analysis and reporting, customer support and many others. It is very easy to install this Vtiger CRM on CentOS 7, so if you like to have your own CRM application on your server you can proceed with the following steps.

Table of Contents

1. Install LAMP Stack and PHP

You need to have LAMP stack installed on your server. It is pretty easy to install LAMP stack on your Linux VPS if you do not have it already installed. Also, make sure that your server runs PHP version 5.5 or above since the latest version of Vtiger CRM (at the moment of writing is 6.2.0) requires PHP 5.5 or above.

2. Check the PHP version

To check the PHP version on your server, you can log in to your server via SSH and run the following command:

php -v

3. Upgrade your system software

Next, you need to upgrade your system software to the latest version available. You can do this by executing the following command:

yum update

The update should take no more than few minutes to complete, so once your system software is up to date you can proceed with the other steps of this tutorial.

4. Download the latest version of Vtiger CRM

Navigate to the /opt directory on your server and download the latest version of Vtiger CRM:

cd /opt
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/vtigercrm/vtiger%20CRM%206.2.0/Core%20Product/vtigercrm6.2.0.tar.gz

5. Unpack Vtiger CRM

Once you download the archive, you can proceed and unpack the files:

tar -xzvf vtigercrm6.2.0.tar.gz

6. Change ownership of the files

Change the ownership of the files and move them to your /var/www/html directory:

chown apache: -R vtigercrm
mv vtigercrm /var/www/html/

7. Create a New MySQL Database

Vtiger CRM requires MySQL database to store its data and now it is the right time for you to create the database for your application. To do that you need to log in to your MySQL server:

mysql -u root -p

8. Configure MySQL Database

And execute the following commands one by one:

CREATE DATABASE vtiger;
CREATE USER 'vtiger_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PaSsWoRd';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `vtiger`.* TO 'vtiger_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

For security reasons you should use stronger password for your database user.

Now, access your Vtiger CRM application using your favorite web browser.

http://IP-ADDRESS/vtigercrm/

Replace IP-ADDRESS with the IP address of your CentOS VPS.

9. Continue With the Online Installation

You will have to enter the database information, create an Administrator user and set a password as well as some other similar things. Moreover, you may have to change some settings in your php.ini file. The installation setup will provide you with more information about the settings you need to change. Once you make the changes in your php.ini file, it is necessary to restart your Apache web server.

10. Restart Apache Server

systemctl restart httpd

Of course you don’t have to Install Vtiger CRM on CentOS 7, if you use one of our optimized Vtiger CRM Hosting Plan, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to install Vtiger CRM on CentOS7, for you. They are available 24×7 and will take care of your request immediately.

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16 thoughts on “Install Vtiger CRM on CentOS 7”

Manh

August 26, 2015 at 3:47 am

Hi there, Thank you for your post. It’s usefull.
I’m trying to intall vtiger on Cent6.5 but got troble in step 3:
vtigerdb -> This Database is not found.Try changing the Database settings

Although I created database with name vtigerdb.

Could you please support me in agent case.
Thank you so much,
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- admin
  
  August 26, 2015 at 4:42 am
  
  Double check if you are using the correct database name/username/password.
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satheesh

December 18, 2015 at 3:50 am

Thanks for sharing and it was very informative..I need more tips from your side..I am working in Erp Development Company In India
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sazzad

September 5, 2016 at 10:52 am

Forbidden

You don’t have permission to access /vtigercrm/ on this server.

how can i fixed this
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- admin
  
  September 5, 2016 at 10:57 am
  
  Did you check your web server log files? You should start debugging from there.
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  - sazzad
    
    September 5, 2016 at 2:01 pm
    
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Sep 5 20:26 anaconda
    drwxr-x—. 2 root root 22 Sep 5 20:26 audit
    -rw-r–r–. 1 root root 13306 Sep 5 23:01 boot.log
    -rw——-. 1 root utmp 0 Sep 5 20:16 btmp
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 chrony chrony 6 Nov 24 2015 chrony
    -rw——-. 1 root root 4321 Sep 6 00:51 cron
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 lp sys 54 Sep 5 13:26 cups
    -rw-r–r–. 1 root root 122335 Sep 6 2016 dmesg
    -rw-r–r–. 1 root root 122187 Sep 5 20:26 dmesg.old
    -rw-r–r–. 1 root root 3825 Sep 5 23:49 firewalld
    drwx–x–x. 2 root gdm 4096 Sep 5 23:01 gdm
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Mar 10 19:28 glusterfs
    drwx——. 2 root root 102 Sep 5 23:36 httpd
    -rw-r–r–. 1 root root 292584 Sep 5 23:39 lastlog
    drwx——. 3 root root 17 Sep 5 20:16 libvirt
    -rw——-. 1 root root 396 Sep 5 23:01 maillog
    drwxr-x—. 2 mysql mysql 24 Sep 5 23:39 mariadb
    -rw——-. 1 root root 475641 Sep 6 00:52 messages
    drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 17 Sep 5 20:16 pluto
    drwx——. 2 root root 6 Jun 10 2014 ppp
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Nov 20 2015 qemu-ga
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 40 Sep 5 23:53 sa
    drwx——. 3 root root 16 Sep 5 20:15 samba
    -rw——-. 1 root root 10352 Sep 6 00:48 secure
    drwx——. 2 root root 6 Jun 10 2014 speech-dispatcher
    -rw——-. 1 root root 0 Sep 5 20:16 spooler
    -rw——-. 1 root root 0 Sep 5 20:14 tallylog
    drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 22 Sep 5 13:26 tuned
    -rw-r–r–. 1 root root 80 Sep 5 23:01 wpa_supplicant.log
    -rw-rw-r–. 1 root utmp 9216 Sep 6 00:50 wtmp
    -rw-r–r–. 1 root root 83889 Sep 6 00:53 Xorg.0.log
    -rw-r–r–. 1 root root 21451 Sep 5 14:06 Xorg.0.log.old
    -rw-r–r–. 1 root root 2300 Sep 5 14:06 Xorg.1.log
    -rw——-. 1 root root 1464 Sep 5 23:46 yum.log
    
    what should i change here, can u help me
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    - admin
      
      September 5, 2016 at 2:34 pm
      
      Try editing the following file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and change from
      
      Directory “/var/www/html” >
      …
      AllowOverride None
      …
      To
      
      Directory “/var/www/html” >
      …
      AllowOverride All
      …
      Reply
Kim

December 2, 2016 at 2:54 am

I cant get it to work.
I get alot of Stricts Standards errors(this is some of them), and i have checked permissions, and owner of files.

Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::internalDebugging() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerLog.php on line 49
Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::debug() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerPropertyConfigurator.php on line 352 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::log() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerLog.php on line 71 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::internalDebugging() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerLog.php on line 49 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerManager::getLogger() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/include/database/PearDatabase.php on line 20 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerManager::getLoggerRepository() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerManager.php on line 91 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerHierarchy::singleton() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerManager.php on line 103 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::debug() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerHierarchy.php on line 220 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::log() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerLog.php on line 71 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::internalDebugging() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerLog.php on line 49 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::internalDebugging() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerLog.php on line 49 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::debug() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerHierarchy.php on line 229 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::log() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerLog.php on line 71 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLog::internalDebugging() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerLog.php on line 49 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerManager::getLogger() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/include/database/PearDatabase.php on line 118 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerManager::getLoggerRepository() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerManager.php on line 91 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerHierarchy::singleton() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerManager.php on line 103 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerLevel::getLevelInfo() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerCategory.php on line 384 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerManager::getLogger() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/include/database/PearDatabase.php on line 118 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerManager::getLoggerRepository() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerManager.php on line 91 Strict Standards: Non-static method LoggerHierarchy::singleton() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerManager.php on line 103 Strict Standards: Declaration of Users::insertIntoEntityTable() should be compatible with CRMEntity::insertIntoEntityTable($table_name, $module, $fileid = '') in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/Users/Users.php on line 1645 Strict Standards: Declaration of Users::save() should be compatible with CRMEntity::save($module_name, $fileid = '') in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/Users/Users.php on line 1645 Strict Standards: Declaration of Users::get_column_value() should be compatible with CRMEntity::get_column_value($columnname, $fldvalue, $fieldname, $uitype, $datatype = '') in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/Users/Users.php on line 1645 Strict Standards: Declaration of Activity::get_full_list() should be compatible with CRMEntity::get_full_list($order_by = '', $where = '') in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/Calendar/Activity.php on line 1124 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 17 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 18 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 19 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 20 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 21 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 22 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 23 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 24 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 25 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 26 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 27 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 28 Notice: Undefined variable: mod_strings in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/modules/CustomView/CustomView.php on line 29 Strict Standards: Declaration of Vtiger_LanguageExport::__initExport() should be compatible with Vtiger_PackageExport::__initExport($module, $moduleInstance) in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/vtlib/Vtiger/LanguageExport.php on line 16 Strict Standards: Declaration of Vtiger_LanguageExport::export_Dependencies() should be compatible with Vtiger_PackageExport::export_Dependencies($moduleInstance) in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/vtlib/Vtiger/LanguageExport.php on line 16 Strict Standards: Declaration of Vtiger_LanguageImport::initImport() should be compatible with Vtiger_PackageImport::initImport($zipfile, $overwrite = true) in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/vtlib/Vtiger/LanguageImport.php on line 16 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::_init() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/HTTP_Session/Session.php on line 803 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::localName() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/HTTP_Session/Session.php on line 728 Strict Standards: Declaration of Vtiger_View_Controller::preProcessTplName() should be compatible with Vtiger_Action_Controller::preProcessTplName() in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/runtime/Controller.php on line 288 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::start() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/http/Session.php on line 38 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::name() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/HTTP_Session/Session.php on line 155 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::detectID() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/HTTP_Session/Session.php on line 158 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::useCookies() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/HTTP_Session/Session.php on line 291 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::name() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/HTTP_Session/Session.php on line 292 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::name() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/HTTP_Session/Session.php on line 293 Warning: session_start(): Cannot send session cache limiter - headers already sent (output started at /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/helpers/LoggerOptionConverter.php:174) in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/HTTP_Session/Session.php on line 161 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::id() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/http/Session.php on line 39 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::isIdle() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/http/Session.php on line 44 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::isExpired() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/http/Session.php on line 44 Notice: Undefined index: authenticated_user_id in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/main/WebUI.php on line 38 Strict Standards: Non-static method HTTP_Session::get() should not be called statically in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/http/Session.php on line 61 Notice: Undefined index: language in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/runtime/BaseModel.php on line 31 Notice: Undefined index: current_language in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/runtime/Globals.php on line 21
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/helpers/LoggerOptionConverter.php:174) in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/main/WebUI.php on line 124
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Kim

December 2, 2016 at 3:12 am

A small edit, i set error reporting different, now it is showing

Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerAppender.php on line 73

Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerPropertyConfigurator.php on line 565

Notice: Only variable references should be returned by reference in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/log4php.debug/LoggerAppender.php on line 73

if i remove show error, then i just get a error 500.
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- admin
  
  December 2, 2016 at 3:24 am
  
  Hey, what do the logs say?
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Kim

December 2, 2016 at 4:02 am

Which logs?
And where to find them :) ?
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Kim

December 2, 2016 at 4:18 am

these are the errors now.

Warning: Directory /var/www/html/vtigercrm/include/utils/../../test/vtlib/HTML not writable, please alter file permissions in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/htmlpurifier/library/HTMLPurifier/DefinitionCache/Serializer.php on line 165
Warning: Directory /var/www/html/vtigercrm/include/utils/../../test/vtlib/HTML not writable, please alter file permissions in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/htmlpurifier/library/HTMLPurifier/DefinitionCache/Serializer.php on line 165 Warning: Directory /var/www/html/vtigercrm/include/utils/../../test/vtlib/HTML not writable, please alter file permissions in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/htmlpurifier/library/HTMLPurifier/DefinitionCache/Serializer.php on line 165 Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/runtime/Viewer.php on line 58 Warning: mkdir(): Permission denied in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/runtime/Viewer.php on line 58
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'SmartyException' with message 'unable to write file /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/runtime/../../test/templates_c/vlayout/wrt5840678c300c2' in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/Smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_write_file.php:44 Stack trace: #0 /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/Smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_template.php(201): Smarty_Internal_Write_File::writeFile('/var/www/html/v...', 'compileTemplateSource() #2 /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/Smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_templatebase.php(374): Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase->fetch('modules/Vtiger/...', NULL, NULL, NULL, true) #3 /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/runtime/Viewer.php(177): Smarty_Internal_TemplateBase->display('modules/Vtiger/...') #4 /var/www/html/vtigercrm/includes/main/WebUI.php(202): Vtiger_Viewer->view('OperationNotPer...', 'Vtig in /var/www/html/vtigercrm/libraries/Smarty/libs/sysplugins/smarty_internal_write_file.php on line 44
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Kim

December 2, 2016 at 4:37 am

i finnaly got it to work.
i used following command:

[kim@localhost vtigercrm]$ getenforce
Enforcing
[kim@localhost vtigercrm]$ sudo setenforce 0
[kim@localhost vtigercrm]$

then i checked the site, and the setup wizard shows! :D
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- admin
  
  December 2, 2016 at 4:41 am
  
  Ahhh, good old Selinux. :)
  We are glad you’ve solved the problem.
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Kim

December 3, 2016 at 7:17 am

Hi again
I know this is proberly not an issue you want to help me with.
But i have to try, when i am trying to edit Company details, nothing shows up, and alot of the website link’s doesen’t work , until i click on home, then they work, until i go to the same page again.

see attached image. :)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ocn6baryigjjjgf/2016-12-03%2014_13_44-Company%20Details%20%E2%80%93%20Google%20Chrome.png?dl=0
/Kim
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- admin
  
  December 4, 2016 at 4:07 am
  
  Hi Kim.
  
  Unfortunately, we can’t tell you what is causing the issue without checking your server.
  If you are one of our customers please submit a support ticket or initiate a chat session and we will check this.
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