How to Install S-Cart on Alpine Linux Latest

Introduction

S-Cart is a free, open-source shopping cart software written in PHP language. It allows you to create an online store for selling products or services. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install S-Cart on Alpine Linux latest.

Prerequisites

This tutorial assumes that you have:

• A server running Alpine Linux latest.
• Root or sudo user access to the server.
• A LEMP stack (Nginx, PHP, MariaDB) installed and configured on your server.

Step 1: Install required packages

Before installing S-Cart, you need to install some required packages for the web server and PHP.

$ sudo apk add php-gd php-zip php-xml php-curl php-bcmath php-mcrypt php-openssl php-json php-fileinfo
$ sudo apk add nginx

Step 2: Download and Install S-Cart

You can download the latest version of S-Cart from the official website. Run the following command to download it:

$ wget https://github.com/s-cart/s-cart/archive/master.zip

After downloading, unzip the file and move it to the web server root directory.

$ unzip master.zip
$ sudo mv s-cart-master/* /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
$ sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/localhost/htdocs/

Step 3: Configure Nginx for S-Cart

Next, create an Nginx configuration file for your S-Cart site.

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/s-cart.conf

Add the following server configuration to the file.

server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  your_domain.com;
    root         /var/www/localhost/htdocs;
    index        index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass   unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
    }

    location ~* /\.(?!well-known).* {
        deny all;
    }
}

Change the server_name parameter to match your domain name.

Save and close the file, then test the Nginx configuration.

$ sudo nginx -t

If the test is successful, restart the Nginx service.

$ sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 4: Configure MariaDB Database for S-Cart

To store your S-Cart data, you will need a MariaDB database. If you have already installed and configured MariaDB, you can skip this step. Otherwise, install it and create a database for S-Cart.

$ sudo apk add mariadb mariadb-client
$ sudo mysql_secure_installation

$ sudo mysql -u root -p
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE s_cart_db;
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL ON s_cart_db.* TO 's_cart_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strong_password';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> EXIT;

Remember to replace strong_password with a secure password of your choice.

Step 5: Install S-Cart with Web Installer

Finally, you can install S-Cart by accessing its web installer at http://your_domain.com/install. Follow the prompts to configure the site information, database settings, and administrative account.

After the installation is complete, delete the install directory and go to the main page of your S-Cart site.

$ sudo rm -rf /var/www/localhost/htdocs/install/

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed S-Cart on Alpine Linux latest. You can now start customizing your online store and adding products or services to it.

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