Bitnami CiviCRM Stack is a freely distributed and multi-platform software project that provides users with all-in-one native installers, virtual machines, cloud Images and a Docker container that simplify the installation and hosting of the CiviCRM application, as well as of its runtime dependencies.
What is CiviCRM?
CiviCRM is an open source, platform-independent and free CRM (Customer Relationship Management) application for the non-profit and non-governmental sectors. Key features include support for managing events, advocacy campaigns, contacts, fundraisers and communications, as well as integration with various CMS systems, such as Drupal, Joomla! and WordPress.
Installing Bitnami CiviCRM Stack
Bitnami’s native installers automate the setup of web-based application and their runtime dependencies on the GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. To install CiviCRM on your personal computer, you will have to first download the package that corresponds to your PC’s architecture (32-bit or 64-bit), run it and follow the on-screen instructions.
Run CiviCRM in the cloud
Thanks to Bitnami, you will also be able to run the CiviCRM application in the cloud with your own hosting platform or by using a pre-built cloud image for either the Windows Azure or Amazon EC2 cloud hosting providers.
Virtualize CiviCRM on VMware and VirtualBox
In addition to running CiviCRM in the cloud or deploy it on personal computers, you can also virtualize it on the VMware ESX, ESXi and Oracle VirtualBox virtualization software, thanks to Bitnami’s virtual appliance based on the latest LTS release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution.
The Bitnami CiviCRM Module and Docker container
Besides the Bitnami CiviCRM Stack product reviewed here, users can also download modules for Bitnami’s LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP), MAMP (Mac, Apache, MySQL and PHP) and WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL and PHP) stacks, as well as CiviCRM Docker container. Bitnami CiviCRM Module is available for download on Softpedia, free of charge.