{"id":3142,"date":"2020-12-15T14:29:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T14:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/?p=3142"},"modified":"2021-02-25T19:15:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T19:15:34","slug":"how-to-build-and-configure-mautic-3-email-marketing-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/how-to-build-and-configure-mautic-3-email-marketing-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Build And Configure Mautic 3 Email Marketing System"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2><strong>Mautic<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>How To Build And Configure Mautic 3, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mautic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mautic<\/a> is an open-source, marketing automation system and is widely used as an automated<a href=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/why-email-is-used-more-than-ever-in-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> email marketing solution<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>What do we mean by automated email marketing?<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you have a little bit of experience in email marketing then you\u2019ll be familiar with the email marketing plans consist of two parts:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>The Sender:<\/strong>\u00a0this is the technical part of the SMTP server. You can send emails with the permission of this server online.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>An Administration software<\/strong>: where you can configure and manage your email list, advertising campaigns, monitor and analyze results, manage your sending servers, and so on. So, we can connect both to get an email marketing plan.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In this article, I\u2019ll show you how to build Mautic and here the administration is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mautic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mautic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-3154\" src=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/email-amrketing-system.jpg\" alt=\"email marketing system\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Get Ready To Install Mautic<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>The requirement to build Mautic\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To build Mautic we should have two things:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>A VPS Server<\/strong>\u00a0to install Mautic on.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Domain<\/strong> <strong>Name<\/strong>\u00a0for your setup use.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cutin.me\/He75m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First Get A VPS Server<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You are required to get a VPS server first to install Mautic on. You can get a VPS server from the company of your own choice. Moving on, we\u2019ll use Contabo services in this guide.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>After you get the VPS server just create a server with the following specifications:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Ubuntu 16\/18 x64 as your operating system.<\/li>\r\n<li>1 CPU\/ 1 GB RAM is enough for starting and you can upgrade later.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Get a Domain Name<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If you don\u2019t have a domain then getting a domain is just a piece of cake. All you just need to go to any of the domain registration company and buy a domain name. Here are the names of some company from where you can get your domain register:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>GodaddyEnom<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Freenom<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Namecheap<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Point Domain to <a href=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/category\/web-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VPS<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Before proceeding, you\u2019ve to point your domain or subdomain to your IP address. But here I\u2019ll point subdomain \u201cmautic.example.me\u201d to my <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/category\/web-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contabo<\/a><\/strong> IP address. OK now we have a domain and VPS server, let&#8217;s start the installation process.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You can use an SSH client like putty to connect to your server and also\u00a0Install Apache, PHP, and MySQL\u00a0which are the pre requests for hosting any PHP application like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mautic.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mautic<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Install Apache2 Web Server<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Install Apache Web Server on your <a href=\"https:\/\/cutin.me\/He75m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VPS<\/a> by running the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt update\r\nsudo apt install apache2<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>After the installation complete, enable the service by running the following command.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo systemctl restart apache2.service\r\nsudo systemctl enable apache2.service<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Then inspect the working of Apache on your server by browsing the VPS IP address (http:\/\/Your_IP_Address).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The default page should be like this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-3156\" src=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ubuntu.jpg\" alt=\"apache default page\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ubuntu.jpg 784w, https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ubuntu-768x283.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2><strong>Install MariaDB (MySQL) Database Server<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mautic also requires a Database to save data because it\u2019s working is not much different from PHP System.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To install MariaDB run the commands below (Choose between Ubuntu 16,18):<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Run these on Ubuntu\u00a016\u00a0LTS<\/strong>:<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt-get install software-properties-common gnupg-curl<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys 'https:\/\/mariadb.org\/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc'<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,i386,ppc64el] http:\/\/mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in\/mariadb-mirror\/repo\/10.5\/ubuntu xenial main'<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt update<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt-get install mariadb-server<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Run these on Ubuntu\u00a018\u00a0LTS:<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt-get install software-properties-common<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt-key adv --fetch-keys 'https:\/\/mariadb.org\/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc'<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo add-apt-repository 'deb [arch=amd64,arm64,ppc64el] http:\/\/mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in\/mariadb-mirror\/repo\/10.5\/ubuntu bionic main'<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt update<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt-get install mariadb-server<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You can stop MariaDB by running the following command.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Run these on Ubuntu\u00a016\u00a0LTS<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo systemctl stop mysql.service\r\nsudo systemctl start mysql.service\r\nsudo systemctl enable mysql.service<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Run these on Ubuntu\u00a018\u00a0LTS<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service\r\nsudo systemctl start mariadb.service\r\nsudo systemctl enable mariadb.service<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>After that, create a root password and disallow the remote root to secure your MariaDB by running the following command.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo mysql_secure_installation<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When prompted, enter these answers:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol type=\"1\">\r\n<li>For Socket password enter <strong>N<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>In current password input just press <strong>Enter<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>For set a root password [Y\/n] enter: <strong>Y<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Create a secure new password if you\u2019re asked to enter a new password<\/li>\r\n<li>Re-enter new password<\/li>\r\n<li>Remove anonymous users? [Y\/n]:\u00a0<strong>Y<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Disallow root login remotely? [Y\/n]:\u00a0<strong>Y<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Remove test database and access to it? [Y\/n]:\u00a0<strong>\u00a0Y<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Reload privilege tables now? [Y\/n]: \u00a0<strong>Y<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Restart MariaDB Mysql Service<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To test if MariaDB is installed, type the command below to logon to MariaDB server<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo mysql -u root -p<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Then login by typing the password you created above. If it works you\u2019ll receive the welcome message like this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-3159\" src=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaDB-Mysql-Service.jpg\" alt=\"MariaDB Mysql Service\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaDB-Mysql-Service.jpg 682w, https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaDB-Mysql-Service-678x199.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Install PHP And Related Modules<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mautic is a PHP based script so, we have to install some modules and PHP on the server. In this guide, we\u2019ll install PHP 7.4 but you can use any version you want. Just change \u201c7.4\u201d to 7.X\u201d in the commands.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Add the repository of the third party to install PHP 7.4 by running the following command.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt-get install software-properties-common\r\nsudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej\/php<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>After that update this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt update<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Then install PHP 7.4 and related modules. By running the following commands<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt install php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-common php7.4-gmp php7.4-curl php7.4-intl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xmlrpc php7.4-mysql php7.4-bcmath php7.4-gd php7.4-xml php7.4-cli php7.4-zip php7.4-imap<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Run the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt install php-pcov<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now you\u2019ve installed PHP, Open\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/winscp.net\/eng\/download.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WinSCP<\/a>\u00a0to edit the php.ini file. WinSCP works over SSH so, it will make things a lot easier with putty.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Apply changes by following these guidelines:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Open WinSCP and use your server IP\/Name and root credentials to connect to your server.<\/li>\r\n<li>Then go to \u201c<strong>\/etc\/php\/7.X\/apache2\/<\/strong>\u201d where you can find the\u00a0<strong>\u201cphp.ini\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0configuration file.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-3162\" src=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/how-to-install-PHP.png\" alt=\"how to install PHP\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/how-to-install-PHP.png 1024w, https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/how-to-install-PHP-768x503.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Right-click on \u201cphp.ini\u201d and Click Edit.<\/li>\r\n<li>Then, make some changes in the following lines below in the file and save.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>file_uploads = On\r\nallow_url_fopen = On\r\nshort_open_tag = On\r\nmemory_limit = 256M \/\/You can increase this if you server can handle\r\nupload_max_filesize = 100M\r\nmax_execution_time = 360\r\ndate.timezone = America\/NewYork \/\/Set your Time Zone here<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>After applying these changes, save and close the files.<\/li>\r\n<li>Then restart apache service again<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo systemctl restart apache2.service<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Create Mautic Database<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now our server is ready to install so, we need to create a Database for Mautic in MariaDB.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To login, MariaDB MySql database server we\u2019ve to run the following commands.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo mysql -u root -p<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Then create a database called<strong>\u00a0mautic<\/strong>\u00a0(or any name you want)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>CREATE DATABASE mautic;<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Create a database user called\u00a0<strong>mautic<\/strong>\u00a0with a new password<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>CREATE USER 'mautic'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Enter_Your_Password_Here'<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Then grant the user full access to the database.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>GRANT ALL ON mautic.* TO 'mautic'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Enter_your_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Finally, save your changes and exit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\r\nEXIT<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Download And Install Mautic<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To get the latest version of Mautic you can use Github repository. So, install composer, Curl and other dependencies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Run these commands for installation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>#First Command:\r\nsudo apt install curl git\r\n\r\n#Second Command:\r\ncurl -sS https:\/\/getcomposer.org\/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=\/usr\/local\/bin --filename=composer --version=1.10.13<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When the operation finishes, replace the directory with\u00a0\u201c\/var\/www\/html\u201d\u00a0by running the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>cd \/var\/www\/html<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Then Download Mautic package:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo git clone https:\/\/github.com\/mautic\/mautic.git<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now Install Mautic by running the following commands:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cd \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\r\n\r\nsudo composer instal<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>After the installation finishes, get the permission to set some files by running the following commands.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo chown -R www-data:www-data \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/\r\n\r\nsudo chmod -R 755 \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Configure Apache2 Web Server<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now we\u2019ve installed the Mautic. So, you\u2019ve to configure Apache to access the Mautic by using your domain name. How To Build And Configure Mautic 3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In order to do so first follow the below steps:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Open WinSCP again and navigate to this directory:\u00a0<strong>\/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li>Then, create a new file and name it<strong> \u201cmautic.example.com.conf\u201d<\/strong> to change your domain.<\/li>\r\n<li>Create mautic.conf<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-3164\" src=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/how-to-configure-apache2-server.jpg\" alt=\"how to configure apache2 server\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/how-to-configure-apache2-server.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/how-to-configure-apache2-server-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Open\u00a0<strong>mautic.conf<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Copy and paste the content below into the file and save.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;\r\n     ServerAdmin admin@mautic.example.com\r\n     DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\r\n     ServerName mautic.example.com\r\n     ServerAlias mautic.example.com\r\n\r\n     &lt;Directory \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/&gt;\r\n        Options +FollowSymlinks\r\n        AllowOverride All\r\n        Require all granted\r\n     &lt;\/Directory&gt;\r\n\r\n     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}\/error.log\r\n     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}\/access.log combined\r\n\r\n&lt;\/VirtualHost&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Replace this domain with your own domain. Here it is mautic.example<\/li>\r\n<li>.com\u201d<\/li>\r\n<li>Enable mautic configuration in apache and restart the service.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now finish the setup by running the following Setup to How To Build And Configure Mautic 3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo a2ensite mautic.example.com.conf\r\n\r\nsudo a2enmod rewrite\r\n\r\nsudo systemctl restart apache2.service<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now go to the Web browser and navigate to your server name like this:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>\/\/mautic.example.com<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You must see the setup completion wizard below:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-3166\" src=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mautic-installation.jpg\" alt=\"mautic installation\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mautic-installation.jpg 783w, https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mautic-installation-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Enter the database and your admin login information to continue the setup process.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Configure Cron Jobs<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now we\u2019ve installed the Mautic, we just need to setup the Cron jobs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>What are Cron Jobs?<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Simply Cron Jobs is an organized activity that works automatically on a schedule.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For example, if you create an automated email campaign that run every week. You need a function that will automatically runs in the background to boost this campaign, this is the Cron job role, so do the setup.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Mautic needs many Cron functions, some are required and some are optional, check out the list of all Cron jobs here in mautic. All you just have to copy the jobs below and paste them on your server to put them into action.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>#Segments Every 2 Minutes\r\n*\/2 * * * * root \/usr\/bin\/php \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/bin\/console mautic:segments:update\r\n*\/3 * * * * root \/usr\/bin\/php \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/bin\/console mautic:import\r\n\r\n#Campaigns (Every 1 Minute)\r\n* * * * * root \/usr\/bin\/php \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/bin\/console mautic:campaigns:update\r\n* * * * * root \/usr\/bin\/php \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/bin\/console\r\nmautic:campaigns:trigger\r\n* * * * * root \/usr\/bin\/php \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/bin\/console mautic:messages:send\r\n\r\n#Process Email Queue Every 5 Minutes\r\n*\/5 * * * * root \/usr\/bin\/php \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/bin\/console mautic:emails:send\r\n#Fetch and Process Monitored Email Every 10 Minutes\r\n*\/10 * * * * root \/usr\/bin\/php \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/bin\/console mautic:email:fetch\r\n\r\n\r\n#Process Email Queue Every 5 Minutes\r\n*\/5 * * * * root \/usr\/bin\/php \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/bin\/console mautic:emails:send\r\n\r\n#Fetch and Process Monitored Email Every 10 Minutes\r\n*\/10 * * * * root \/usr\/bin\/php \/var\/www\/html\/mautic\/bin\/console mautic:email:fetch<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Where to paste them?<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Paste the jobs on your server by following these steps:<\/li>\r\n<li>Open WinSCP<\/li>\r\n<li>Go to\u201c\/etc\u201d directory click on the\u00a0\u201ccrontab\u201d\u00a0file<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-3168\" src=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/what-are-cron-jobs.jpg\" alt=\"what are cron jobs\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/what-are-cron-jobs.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/what-are-cron-jobs-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Click it and you\u2019ll get the edit option<\/li>\r\n<li>Then paste the desire functions in it and save it.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img class=\"wp-image-3170\" src=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cron-job.jpg\" alt=\"cron job\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cron-job.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/servicesground.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/cron-job-768x503.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>After that click on exist, the process is done here!<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Optional: Secure with a Free SSL<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>SSL certificates are used to encrypt the traffic between the server and client, providing additional security for users accessing your application. Let&#8217;s Encrypt provides an easy way to install trusted certificates for free.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Connect to your server using the Putty SSH client.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Install Let\u2019s Encrypt Client<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You can get the Let\u2019s Encrypt Certificate through client software running on your server.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>First, add the repository to install Cerbot (official client):<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:certbot\/certbot<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>You\u2019ll need to press\u00a0ENTER\u00a0to accept.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Then, to get the new package info just update the list.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt-get update<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Install Certbot\u2019s Apache package:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo apt install python-certbot-apache<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Certbot\u00a0<\/strong>is now ready to be used.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4><strong>Build SSL Certificate<\/strong><\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Cerbot is quite easy to generate the SSL certificate for Apache. A new SSL certificate will be provided automatically to the client that is valid for the domains which are provided in the form of parameters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h4>Simply run the following command to change the domain:<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>sudo certbot --apache -d mautic.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Then you\u2019ve to provide an email address for lost key recovery and notices to get the authority to choose between enabling both\u00a0http\u00a0and\u00a0https\u00a0access or forcing all requests to redirect to\u00a0https. If you don\u2019t have a specific need for unencrypted traffic then it will be safest to require.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Test your website now. Here I\u2019ll test my website by browsing this \u201chttps:\/\/mautic.example.com\u201d This is the guide about How To Build And Configure Mautic 3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Good Luck!<br \/>If you liked this article and want to read more of these, please subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Servicesground\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCv5bJdffGXx8GL2VUd43uQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/services_ground\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mautic How To Build And Configure Mautic 3, Mautic is an open-source, marketing automation system and is widely used as an automated email marketing solution. What do we mean by automated email marketing? 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