TurnKey Zurmo Live CD

TurnKey Zurmo Live CD is an open source distribution of Linux based on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system and designed from the ground up to be used as an appliance for effortlessly deploying the Zurmo CRM software on any machine.

What is Zurmo CRM?

Zurmo CRM is an open source, easy-to-use and easy-to-customize CRM (Customer Relationship Management) web-based application that's social, mobile and gamified. The project is distributed as Live CD ISO images, supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures, as well as virtual machines in the OVF, Xen, OpenVZ, OpenStack, and OpenNode formats.

The Live CD features Zurmo configurations installed from upstream source code to /var/www/zurmo, out-of-the-box support for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), and phpMyAdmin administration front-end for MySQL using SSL, listening on port 12322.

In addition, it includes the Postfix MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) bound to localhost and designed to allow users to send email messages, as well as Webmin modules for configuring Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Postfix.

Boot options and getting started instructions

From the boot prompt, users will be able to try the live environment without installing anything on their computers (demo mode), as well as to directly install the operating system without testing it (only recommended for expert users).

Before you can use the Live CD, you'll have to set up a password for the root (system administrator) account, as well as for the MySQL 'root' account and for the Zurmo 'admin' account. In addition, you must enter the domain to server Zurmo, initialize hub services, and configure the network interfaces with DHCP or static IP addresses.

Bottom line

Being designed for server machines, the Live CD features no graphical interface. The web-based configuration interface can be access from another computer via a modern web browser, simply by following the instructions provided at the end of the first boot setup screen.

What is new in this release:

• Upgraded to latest upstream version of Zurmo (3.2.4.1a2cb282ae74)
• Install Adminer directly from stretch/main repo
• Provide "adminer" root-like user for Adminer MySQL access
• Replace MySQL with MariaDB (drop-in MySQL replacement)
• Updated version of mysqltuner script
• Includes PHP7.0 (installed from Debian repos)
• Updated PHP default settings
• Remove phpsh (no longer maintained)

What is new in version 13.0:

• Zurmo:
• Increased PHP CLI memory limit.
• PHPMyAdmin:
• Configured to allow users preferences stored in database.
• Specified blowfish_secret and regeneration on firstboot (security).
• Upstream source component versions: zurmo-stable 1.5.14.67bf4e0edaaa

What is new in version 12.1:

• Zurmo:
• Upgraded to latest major version.
• Added memcached (recommended for production).
• Added phpsh (interative shell for PHP) and php5-cli (generically useful).
• Upstream source component versions: zurmo-stable 1.1.31.658d8cfa5c16 (i386) 1.5.14.67bf4e0edaaa (amd64)
• Note: Please refer to turnkey-core's changelog for changes common to all appliances. Here we only describe changes specific to this appliance.

What is new in version 12.0:

• Set Zurmo admin password and domain to serve on firstboot (convenience, security).
• Regenerates all secrets during installation / firstboot (security).
• MySQL related:
• Set MySQL root password on firstboot (convenience, security).
• Force MySQL to use Unicode/UTF8.
• Includes PhpMyAdmin (listening on port 12322 - uses SSL).
• SSL support out of the box.
• Includes php-xcache PHP opcode cacher / optimizer (performance).
• Includes postfix MTA (bound to localhost) for sending of email (e.g. password recovery). Also includes webmin postfix module for convenience.
• Components:
• zurmo-stable 0.6.71 (upstream archive)
• apache2 2.2.16-6+squeeze7
• mysql-server 5.1.63-0+squeeze1
• phpmyadmin 4:3.3.7-7