EGroupware is a an open source collaboration, groupware software based on PHP, JS and HTML and distributed under the terms of GNU General Public License (GPL) Version 2. You can use EGroupware via its native web-interface, allowing platform-independent access, or by using different supported clients using CalDAV/CardDAV or ActiveSync protocol. In this guide, we will walk you through the installation of EGroupware CE on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04 & Debian 10 Linux machine.
Features of EGroupware
- File Manager – Provides a detailed rights administration, archiving options and reading access to files for external partners make it easy.
- Calendar – Schedule meetings, vacations and group appointments online.
- Web Admin – Lots of needful tools and preferences to maintain the whole platform
- Email Client – The integrated E-Mail Client is perfectly connected with the other modules like Calendar or InfoLog.
- Tasks and Projects – Manage information and responsibilities for your whole team efficiently.
Now that you’re ready for installation, follow the steps outlined in the next section to install EGroupware CE on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04:
Step 1: Update Ubuntu System
Update the system packages to the latest available versions.
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y upgrade && sudo systemctl rebootStep 2: Add EGroupware APT Repository
We will be doing installation of EGroupware CE which is based on Docker containers. We need to add the repository which provides the packages needed for running EGroupware on Ubuntu.
Install gnupg package:
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install gnupgUbuntu 20.04:
wget -nv https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:eGroupWare/xUbuntu_20.04/Release.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/eGroupWare/xUbuntu_20.04/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/server:eGroupWare.listUbuntu 18.04:
wget -nv https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:eGroupWare/xUbuntu_18.04/Release.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/eGroupWare/xUbuntu_18.04/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/server:eGroupWare.listDebian 10:
wget -nv https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:eGroupWare/Debian_10/Release.key -O - | sudo apt-key add -
echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/server:/eGroupWare/Debian_10/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/server:eGroupWare.listStep 3: Install EGroupware on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04 & Debian 10
Start the installation of EGroupware packages:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install egroupware-docker egroupware-collabora-key egroupware-rocketchatYou can review dependencies and accept installation:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils bridge-utils containerd dns-root-data dnsmasq-base docker-compose docker.io jq libapr1 libaprutil1
libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libidn11 libjansson4 libjq1 liblua5.2-0 libonig5 net-tools pigz python3-cached-property python3-docker
python3-dockerpty python3-docopt python3-texttable python3-websocket runc ssl-cert ubuntu-fan
Suggested packages:
apache2-doc apache2-suexec-pristine | apache2-suexec-custom www-browser ifupdown aufs-tools cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite debootstrap docker-doc rinse zfs-fuse
| zfsutils mariadb-server | mysql-server egroupware-epl-jdots egroupware-epl-phpbrain egroupware-epl-sitemgr egroupware-epl-wiki openssl-blacklist
The following NEW packages will be installed:
apache2 apache2-bin apache2-data apache2-utils bridge-utils containerd dns-root-data dnsmasq-base docker-compose docker.io egroupware-collabora-key
egroupware-docker egroupware-rocketchat jq libapr1 libaprutil1 libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3 libaprutil1-ldap libidn11 libjansson4 libjq1 liblua5.2-0 libonig5
net-tools pigz python3-cached-property python3-docker python3-dockerpty python3-docopt python3-texttable python3-websocket runc ssl-cert ubuntu-fan
0 upgraded, 34 newly installed, 0 to remove and 131 not upgraded.
Need to get 72.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 352 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Ensure docker and mariadb services are set to start at boot.
sudo systemctl enable --now mariadb dockerConfirm status of Docker containers.
$ sudo docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
91120ca8959f quay.io/egroupware/collabora-key:stable "/bin/sh -c 'bash st…" 52 seconds ago Up 51 seconds 127.0.0.1:9980->9980/tcp collabora-key
92a901e5fa4f nginx:stable-alpine "/docker-entrypoint.…" About a minute ago Up About a minute 127.0.0.1:8080->80/tcp egroupware-nginx
b385fdc3f11a phpswoole/swoole:4.6-php7.4-alpine "docker-php-entrypoi…" About a minute ago Up About a minute egroupware-push
011d62ae8bdd containrrr/watchtower:latest "/watchtower --sched…" About a minute ago Up About a minute 8080/tcp egroupware-watchtower
c8895817c655 egroupware/egroupware:20.1 "/entrypoint.sh php-…" About a minute ago Up About a minute 9000/tcp egroupware
962aef34f4e8 mariadb:10.4 "docker-entrypoint.s…" About a minute ago Up About a minute 3306/tcp egroupware-db
84c797032ad3 quay.io/egroupware/rocket.chat:stable "docker-entrypoint.s…" 2 minutes ago Up 2 minutes 127.0.0.1:3000->3000/tcp rocketchat
7f17129ecd28 mongo:4.0 "docker-entrypoint.s…" 2 minutes ago Up 2 minutes 27017/tcp rocketchat-mongoStep 4: Accessing EGroupware CE Dashboard
Obtain Login credentials after installation of EGroupware on Ubuntu 20.04|18.04 LTS.
$ cat /var/lib/egroupware/egroupware-docker-install.log
Fix APC(u) configuration, set apc.shm_size=128M in /etc/php/7.3/cli/conf.d/20-apcu.ini
Timezones updated to version 2.2019c (546 records updated).
Timezones aliases updated to version 2020-04-09 09:54:19 (87 records updated).
You might need to clear the cache for changes to be visiable: Admin >> Clear cache!
EGroupware successful installed
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Please note the following user names and passwords:
Setup username: admin
password: pTs3c!xSoZwQs@S5
EGroupware username: sysop
password: uka(x3j2OO|?=2gZ
You can log into EGroupware by pointing your browser to http://localhost/egroupware/
Please replace localhost with the appropriate hostname, if you connect remote.
*** Database has no root password set, please fix that immediatly: mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD
Go to http://example.org/egroupware page to login to the dashboard with credentials:
Use the credentials shown in the Docker compose run output to login.
You can start administering EGroupware and configuring third party integrations.
For CentOS refer to:
Install EGroupware CE on CentOS 7 / CentOS 8
