Install on CentOS (6.x | 7.x)
Install MailCarry on CentOS VPS
Step 1: Install Apache2
yum -y install httpd
service httpd start
You need to open port 80 to make your web server accessible:
/sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p tcp –dport 80 -j ACCEPT
Step 2: Install PHP 7.2 and Related Modules
To install PHP and related modules run the commands below
yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
Install yum-utils if it is not already installed.
yum install yum-utils
Enable the Remo repository for PHP 7.2:
#CentOS 6
sudo yum install epel-release yum-utils
sudo yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm
#CentOS 7
sudo yum install epel-release yum-utils
sudo yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpmyum-config-manager --enable remi-php72
yum install php72 php72-php-fpm php72-php-mysqlnd php72-php-opcache php72-php-xmlrpc php72-php-json
This will install PHP 7.2 as well as other commonly used PHP extensions. To verify PHP 7.2 is successfully installed, run the following command:
php72 -v
Create a symbolic link to /usr/bin/php
ln -s /usr/bin/php72 /usr/bin/php
Verify again
php -v
Install PHP libraries that will be used for the MailCarry:
yum install mod_php php-mcrypt php-cli php-gd php-curl php-mysql php-ldap php-zip php-fileinfo php-xml php-mbstring php-imap
If index.php not working
Open /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add index.php before index.html and save
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
</IfModule>
Step 3: Enable .htaccess file
Open
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Replace (within <Directory “/var/www/html”> )
AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All
Restart Apache
service httpd restart
Step 4: Install MySQL
sudo yum install wget
wget https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql57-community-release-el7-9.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh mysql57-community-release-el7-9.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install mysql-server
// if any issue regarding key etc, then:
rpm --import https://repo.mysql.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-mysql-2022Starting MySQL
sudo systemctl start mysqld
During the installation process, a temporary password is generated for the MySQL root user. Locate it in the mysqld.log with this command:
sudo grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log
Use this command to run the security script.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This will prompt you for the default root password. As soon as you enter it, you will be required to change it.
Output
The existing password for the user account root has expired. Please set a new password.
New password:
Then log into mysql
mysql -u root -p
Enter the password you recently set for root user
Create MySQL user
CREATE USER 'mailcarry'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'M@ilC@rry123';
where “mailcarry” is the username and “M@ilc@arry123” is the password
GRANT ALL ON mailcarry.* TO 'mailcarry'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Step 5: Upload MailCarry files on the server
Upload all the extracted files from MailCarry.[VERSION-NUMBER].zip to the location, eg:
/var/www/html
Step 6: Set Permissions
Set the permission for the following file and folders
- chmod 777 -R /var/www/html/.env
- chmod 777 -R /var/www/html/storage/
- chmod 777 -R /var/www/html/bootstrap/cache/
Step 7: Now Access the Install URL
[YOUR-INSTALLED-URL]/install/
eg: If https://mailcarry.com is the domian then https://mailcarry.com/install/
- Fill the data as per your requirement
- Click Install
Install cron
yum install cronie
Now, we’ll edit the crontab.
crontab -eSet the required cron
- press esc.
- press i (for “insert”) to begin editing the file.
- paste the cron command in the file.
- * * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/artisan schedule:run >/dev/null 2>&1
- press esc again to exit editing mode.
- type :wq to save (
w– write) and exit (q– quit) the file.
Cron command may vary according to the php path and files path.
After succcessfull installation MailCarry will show you the required command.