PrestaShop is a free and open-source e-commerce platform that enables you to create and manage online stores. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PrestaShop on a Debian latest server.
Before you start, you need to have the following requirements:
Before installing any packages, it's necessary to update the system packages using the following command:
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
PrestaShop requires a web server to run. You can install Apache using the following command:
$ sudo apt install apache2
Run the following command to enable Apache on boot:
$ sudo systemctl enable apache2
Start the Apache web server using the following command:
$ sudo systemctl start apache2
PrestaShop requires a database to store the data. You can install MariaDB using the following command:
$ sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client
Run the following command to enable MariaDB on boot:
$ sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Start the MariaDB service using the following command:
$ sudo systemctl start mariadb
You will need to secure the MariaDB installation by running the mysql_secure_installation command. Follow the prompts to set a password for the root user, remove anonymous user accounts, disable remote root login, and remove test databases.
PrestaShop is a PHP-based application, so you need to install PHP along with the necessary modules. You can install PHP and related modules using the following commands:
$ sudo apt install php php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-intl php-xml php-zip php-mysql
Restart the Apache web server to apply the changes using the following command:
$ sudo systemctl restart apache2
You could download PrestaShop from their official website, and the command-line version is shown below.
$ cd /tmp && wget https://www.prestashop.com/download/old/prestashop_1.7.6.5.zip
And now we'll unzip the PrestaShop file to the var/www/html directory.
$ sudo apt install unzip
$ sudo unzip prestashop_1.7.6.5.zip -d /var/www/html/
After unzipping, you will need to set the correct ownership of the files and directories. The following command sets the file ownership to the web server user, which is www-data in Debian:
$ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
Before accessing the PrestaShop installation wizard, you need to create a new database and user for PrestaShop.
$ sudo mariadb
> CREATE DATABASE prestashop;
> CREATE USER 'prestashopuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'prestashopuser'@'localhost';
> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
> EXIT;
You can now access the PrestaShop installation wizard in your web browser by navigating to http://your-server-ip/prestashop/install (replace your-server-ip with your server IP address).
Follow the prompts in the installation wizard to configure your installation. When prompted, provide the database name, database username, and password that you created earlier.
That's it! You have now installed PrestaShop on Debian latest. You can log in to your PrestaShop administration dashboard by navigating to your-domain.com/admin.
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