Getting started with the SugarCRM 6.5 on RHEL 5.9 ZipKit

SugarCRM is a software company based in Cupertino, California. It produces the web application Sugar, also known as SugarCRM, which is a customer relationship management (CRM) system that is available in both open source and Commercial open source applications.

This topic contains the following sections:

Where to download the ZipKit

Download the SugarCRM ZipKit from BMC Communities.
Download following RPM packages from the RHEL 5.9 OS Media.
- perl-DBI-1.52-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- perl-DBD-MySQL-3.0007-2.el5.x86_64.rpm
- apr-devel-1.2.7-11.el5_6.5.x86_64.rpm
- apr-util-devel-1.2.7-11.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm
- libc-client-2004g-2.2.1.x86_64.rpm
- libc-client-devel-2004g-2.2.1.x86_64.rpm
Following RPMs are required for SugarCRM-
- libmcrypt-devel-2.5.7-1.2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
- libmcrypt-2.5.7-1.2.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm
For SugarCRM, following are the MySQL community edition RPM. Download all from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/
- MySQL-client-5.6.13-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
- MySQL-server-5.6.13-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
- MySQL-shared-compat-5.6.13-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
- MySQL-devel-5.6.13-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm
- MySQL-shared-5.6.13-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm

Download the eZDeploy utility.

What is in the ZipKit

The SugarCRM ZipKit contains the following subpackages:

SugarCRM subpackage	Subpackage content	Description
Blueprint	BlueprintFunctionalModel BlueprintDeploymentModel	This folder contains all the deployment models associated with the blueprint and blueprint options (if any).
BSA	Softwarepackage Systempackage	This folder contains the software package files and system package associated with the service blueprint.

Prerequisites for the ZipKit

Ensure that you have created a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 (RHEL 5.9) VM template in the vCenter.
While creating the RHEL 5.9 template, choose the following options for RHEL 5.9 operating system:
- Base System - Base
- Development - Development Tools and Development Libraries
- Desktop: Desktop, Desktop Platform, X Window System
After creating the template, disable SELinux.

Where to go next

Importing the ZipKit for SugarCRM 6.5 on RHEL 5.9