suitecrm username: admin
suitecrm password: Password123

db username: suiteadmin
db password: $JohnnyAppleseed

1. Set up a ubuntu 16 virtual machine
2. Create a new virtual network with default subnet
3. Create a new mySQL database
4. Create network security group
*. install all dependencies needed for suitecrm
apt-get update
apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils libapache2-mod-php php php-common php-curl php-xml php-json php-mysql php-mbstring php-zip php-imap libpcre3 libpcre3-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev mariadb-server unzip
*. set systemctl to autolaunch apache2 and mysql
systemctl apache2
systemctl mysql
*. edit php.ini
*. set up https
openssl
nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/ssl-params.conf
nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl.conf
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
        <VirtualHost _default_:443>
                ServerAdmin your_email@example.com
                ServerName server_domain_or_IP

                DocumentRoot /var/www/html

                ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
                CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

                SSLEngine on

                SSLCertificateFile      /etc/ssl/certs/apache-selfsigned.crt
                SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/apache-selfsigned.key

                <FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
                                SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
                </FilesMatch>
                <Directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin>
                                SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
                </Directory>

        </VirtualHost>
</IfModule>

*. configure suitecrm through browser


total size of DB before data: 5mb
sample data size: 20mb
expected data size: <1gb


estimated load:
watch -d free -m