S-Cart is a free and open-source PHP eCommerce platform used to build and manage online shopping websites. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing s-cart on Debian latest.
Before starting, you will need the following:
The first step is to download the latest version of s-cart from the official website. To do so, run the following command:
wget https://github.com/s-cart/s-cart/releases/latest/download/scart.zip
After downloading, use the unzip command to extract the downloaded file:
sudo apt install unzip
sudo unzip scart.zip -d /var/www/html/
Next, create a new MySQL database and a user for s-cart. To do so, log in to the MySQL server as a root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
After that, use the following commands to create a new MySQL database and user:
CREATE DATABASE scart;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON scart.* TO 'scartuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Note: Replace password with a secure password.
Once we have downloaded and extracted s-cart, we need to configure our Apache webserver to serve s-cart.
Create a new Apache site configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/scart.conf
Paste the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/scart/public
ServerName example.com
<Directory /var/www/html/scart/public/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/scart_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/scart_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Don't forget to replace example.com with your domain name.
After that, enable the new site, and restart Apache:
sudo a2ensite scart.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now, we need to configure s-cart to use the correct database and credentials.
Navigate to the s-cart installation directory:
cd /var/www/html/scart/
Rename the config file:
sudo mv config.example.php config.php
This file contains the default configuration that we need to modify. Open it in a text editor:
sudo nano config.php
Change the following lines to match your MySQL database credentials:
$config['db_name'] = 'scart';
$config['db_user'] = 'scartuser';
$config['db_password'] = 'password';
Note: Replace password with your MySQL password.
Now that we have everything set up, we can install s-cart. Navigate to the installation page by entering http://example.com/install in your browser's address bar.
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
Last but not least, we need to secure our s-cart installation. This is an essential step to prevent security vulnerabilities.
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Congratulations! You have successfully installed s-cart on Debian latest.
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