How to Install Saleor on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps required to install Saleor on Alpine Linux Latest. Saleor is a powerful e-commerce platform built on Python, Django, and GraphQL.

Prerequisites

Before we start, it is recommended to have the following:

1. Root access to the server or the required permissions to install packages
2. An up-to-date version of Alpine Linux Latest
3. Python 3.6 or higher
4. Git

If you don't have Python or Git, you can install them with the following commands:

apk add python3 git

Installation

1. Firstly, update your system packages:

apk update && apk upgrade

2. Install pip, virtualenv, and PostgreSQL:

apk add py3-pip py3-virtualenv postgresql

3. Create a virtual environment and activate it:

virtualenv -p python3 {saleor-env}
source {saleor-env}/bin/activate

4. Clone the Saleor repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/mirumee/saleor.git

5. Change to the cloned Saleor directory:

cd saleor

6. Install the required packages:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

7. Install the database driver for PostgreSQL:

pip3 install psycopg2-binary

8. Set up the database:

python3 manage.py migrate

9. Create a superuser account:

python3 manage.py createsuperuser

10. Collect the static files:

python3 manage.py collectstatic --noinput

11. Run the development server:

python3 manage.py runserver

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Saleor on Alpine Linux Latest. Visit http://127.0.0.1:8000 in your browser to view the Saleor store.

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