Cloning SugarCRM

Step 1: Clone the sugarcrm Directory
There is a script "CopySugarFile.sh", see script also in bottom.
Running the Script, remember you have to provide the paths both source directory and clone directory.

root@imran:~# ./sugarclone
Missing First Argument:
Syntax: copySugarFiles.sh /var/www/html/FROM_SUGAR_DIR /var/www/html/TO_SUGAR_DIR
exited with status -1

root@imran:~# ./sugarclone /var/www/sugar /var/www/clone
Compressing /var/www/sugar Sugar and saving to /home/imran/sugarFilesFromBackup201001111322.tgz
Compressing /var/www/clone Sugar and saving to /home/imran/sugarFilesToBackup201001111322.tgz
tar: Cowardly refusing to create an empty archive
Try `tar --help' or `tar --usage' for more information.
Extracting the /var/www/sugar Sugar tgz to /var/www/clone Sugar directory
Script complete.

Step2: Clone the Database

First Create a new database for Cloning e.g clone
Export the sugarcrm database using PHPMyAdmin tool e.g sugarcrm.sql
Import the sugarcrm.sql data into clone database.

root@imran:/srv/mysql# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 15595
Server version: 5.1.37-1ubuntu5 (Ubuntu)
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
mysql> create database clone
-> ;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.18 sec)
mysql> GRANT ALL ON clone.* TO clone@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "clone";
Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.24 sec)
mysql>

Script

#!/bin/bash
# copySugarFiles.sh

exitcode=0
# insert the path to your production directory here to ensure nobody copies to it by mistake
blockdirprefix="/path/to/production/directory"

if [ -z "$1" ]
then
     echo -e "\nMissing First Argument:"
exitcode=-1;
elif [ "$1" = "--help" ] || [ "$1" = "-h" ]
then
exitcode=1;
elif [ -z "$2" ]
then
     echo -e "\nMissing Second Argument:"
exitcode=-2;
elif [ "$#" != "2" ] && [ "$#" != "3" ]
then
echo -e "\nInvalid number of arguments:"
exitcode=-3;
elif [ ! -d "$1" ]
then
echo -e "\nThe directory $1 doesn't exist."
exitcode=-7;
elif [ ! -d "$2" ]
then
echo -e "\nThe directory $2 doesn't exist:"
exitcode=-8;
elif [ "$1" = "$2" ]
then
echo -e "\nThe 'from' directory must be different than the 'to' directory:"
exitcode=-4;
# this checks that the blockdirprefix above is not being copied to
elif [ "${2:0:${#blockdirprefix}}" = "${blockdirprefix:0:${#blockdirprefix}}" ] && [ "$3" != "iamsure" ]
then
echo -e "\nCan't copy to production ($blockdirprefix) without third parameter of \"iamsure\""
exitcode=-10;
fi

if [ "$exitcode" -lt "0" ]
then
echo -e "Syntax: copySugarFiles.sh /var/www/html/FROM_SUGAR_DIR /var/www/html/TO_SUGAR_DIR\nexited with status $exitcode\n"
exit $exitcode;
elif [ "$exitcode" -gt "0" ]
then
echo -e "The first parameter should be the sugar directory you are copying from."
echo -e "The second parameter should be the sugar directory you are copying to."
echo -e "\nThis script will skip the following directories and files:"
echo -e "./cache\n./custom\n./config.php\n./config_override.php\n./*.log*"
exit $exitcode;
fi

date=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M);

# Backing up the from sugar directory and saving to the user's home directory
echo -e "\nCompressing $1 Sugar and saving to $HOME/sugarFilesFromBackup$date.tgz\n"
cd "$1"
filelist=$(find . -maxdepth 1 ! -name "." ! -name "cache" ! -name "custom" ! -name "config.php" ! -name "config_override.php" ! -name "*.log*" -exec echo "{}" \;)
tarcommand="tar cfz $HOME/sugarFilesFromBackup$date.tgz $filelist"
$tarcommand;

# Backing up the from sugar directory and saving to the user's home directory
echo -e "\nCompressing $2 Sugar and saving to $HOME/sugarFilesToBackup$date.tgz\n"
cd "$2"
filelist=$(find . -maxdepth 1 ! -name "." ! -name "cache" ! -name "custom" ! -name "config.php" ! -name "config_override.php" ! -name "*.log*" -exec echo "{}" \;)
tarcommand="tar cfz $HOME/sugarFilesToBackup$date.tgz $filelist"
$tarcommand;

cd "$HOME"
# Extracting the from sugar directory to the to sugar directory
echo -e "\nExtracting the $1 Sugar tgz to $2 Sugar directory\n"
cp $HOME/sugarFilesFromBackup$date.tgz "$2"
cd "$2"
tarcommand="tar xf ./sugarFilesFromBackup$date.tgz"
$tarcommand;
rm "./sugarFilesFromBackup$date.tgz"

echo -e "\nScript complete."
exit 0

Readings
Cloning SugarCRM document
Exporting data using PHPMyAdmin