Spree Commerce is an ecommerce platform that is built with Ruby on Rails. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Spree Commerce on Alpine Linux latest.
Before we begin, please ensure that you have the following:
Before installing Spree Commerce, we need to update the operating system to ensure that we have the latest packages.
Run the following command to update the package repositories:
sudo apk update
Now, upgrade the installed packages by running:
sudo apk upgrade
We need to install some dependencies required by Spree Commerce.
Run the following command to install the required packages:
sudo apk add git build-base postgresql-dev ruby ruby-dev nodejs yarn
We need to install Bundler, which is a ruby dependency manager.
Run the following command to install Bundler:
sudo gem install bundler
We'll clone the Spree Commerce repository to our local system.
Run the following command to clone the Spree Commerce repository:
git clone https://github.com/spree/spree.git
Before we install Spree Commerce, navigate to the cloned repository:
cd spree
We need to install the necessary gems and dependencies required by Spree Commerce. Run the following command to install them:
bundle install --without development test
After this, generate a new Rails application:
bundle exec rails new .
Spree Commerce requires a database to store data. In this tutorial, we will use PostgreSQL database, to install Postgresql, use the following command:
sudo apk add postgresql postgresql-client
Update the pg_hba.conf file to allow local connections for users of the same name:
sudo nano /etc/postgresql/pg_hba.conf
Change peer to md5:
# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
local all all md5
Starting PostgreSQL and enable it to always start:
sudo rc-service postgresql start
sudo rc-update add postgresql
Create a new PostgreSQL user and database by running the following commands:
sudo -u postgres createuser -s username
sudo -u postgres createdb -O username database_name
Copy example rails files to use for configuration:
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
cp config/secrets.yml.example config/secrets.yml
Update the database.yml file with postgresql database details using nano:
nano config/database.yml
default: &default
adapter: postgresql
encoding: unicode
database: spree
username: username
password: password
host: localhost
port: 5432
pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
development:
<<: *default
database: spree_development
test:
<<: *default
database: spree_test
production:
<<: *default
database: spree_production
username: spree
password: <%= ENV['SPREE_DATABASE_PASSWORD'] %>
While on the same folder as above, issue the following command to create a new secrets.yml file:
bundle exec rake secret > config/secrets.yml
We need to run the database migrations:
bundle exec rails db:migrate
To seed the database, use the following command:
bundle exec rails db:seed
To start the Spree Commerce server, use the following command:
bundle exec rails s
Visit http://localhost:3000 to view the store interface or http://localhost:3000/admin to view the administration panel.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Spree Commerce on Alpine Linux latest.
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