In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of CoreShop on Alpine Linux Latest. CoreShop is an open-source e-commerce framework built on top of the Symfony Full Stack framework.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following requirements met:
With the requirements taken care of, let’s begin with the installation process:
Before any installation, update your system package lists and upgrade your installed packages to their latest versions using the following command:
apk update && apk upgrade
CoreShop requires PHP and several PHP extensions. Install PHP and its required PHP extensions using the following command:
apk add php7 php7-fpm php7-json php7-phar php7-openssl php7-iconv php7-tokenizer php7-mbstring php7-xml php7-simplexml php7-dom php7-curl php7-fileinfo php7-session php7-pdo php7-pdo_mysql php7-gd php7-zip php7-intl php7-bcmath
It is a list of PHP extensions that CoreShop requires to function correctly. It is necessary to install all the extensions since some extensions depend on others for them to work.
Composer is a package manager for PHP that we will use to install CoreShop. Install Composer using the following commands:
apk add curl
And then run:
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
The above command downloads the Composer installer script, runs it, and installs Composer in /usr/local/bin directory.
Test the installation by running the following command:
composer --version
After running the above command if you see the above output, then the Composer installation is successful.
We will use Composer to install CoreShop. Navigate to your preferred installation directory using the following command:
cd /var/www/html
And run the following command to install CoreShop:
composer create-project coreshop/coreshop . --stability=dev --no-scripts
The above command creates the CoreShop project in the current directory by using the latest GitHub development branch (dev-master) of CoreShop.
Copy the .env file from .env.dist using the following command:
cp .env.dist .env
Edit the .env file with your required settings:
nano .env
You will need to configure your database connection parameters and the base URL of your project.
There are some commands we need to run to prepare CoreShop for use. In your Terminal window, run the following commands:
php bin/console coreshop:install:prepare
php bin/console coreshop:install:install
The first command prepares the CoreShop installation by creating the database schema, generating a JWT (Json Web Token) secret, etc. The second command installs CoreShop in your environment by populating the database with tables and relevant data.
Start the development server in your Terminal window:
php bin/console server:start
Open up your browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000. If you see the CoreShop homepage, congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured CoreShop on Alpine Linux Latest.
In this tutorial, we have walked you through the process of installing CoreShop on Alpine Linux Latest. We hope that you have found this guide helpful for your installation process. If you encounter any issues while installing CoreShop or have any questions, please leave a comment below.
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