Start the Apache service sudo systemctl start apache2Ĥ. sudo apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils libapache2-mod-php php php-common php-curl php-xml php-json php-mysql php-mbstring php-zip php-imap libpcre3 libpcre3-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev mariadb-server unzipģ. This includes the LAMP stack and some additional PHP modules. Install the required software stack for SuiteCRM. Update all the software packages: sudo apt-get updateĢ. We assume that you have a Ubuntu 16.04LTS instance already setup and ready to use.ġ. In this article, we will deploy a manual SuiteCRM instance on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. One can also setup his/her own SuiteCRM instance on either any of these public cloud platforms or on local servers. If more time is required for SuiteCRM testing, there are a couple of options including deploying pre-baked SuiteCRM instances on Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Alibaba Cloud, and Google Cloud Platform. In order to test SuiteCRM, one can either subscribe for a demo instance which only lasts a couple of days. It is one of the most popular alternatives to the famous paid SugarCRM and SalesForce. SuiteCRM is a free and open source Customer Relationship Management Software. SuiteCRM is a software fork of the SugarCRM.