CoreShop is a free and open-source e-commerce platform designed for online retailers. In this tutorial, we will be guiding you on installing CoreShop on the latest Fedora CoreOS version.
Before installing CoreShop on Fedora CoreOS, ensure that you have the following:
In this tutorial, we'll assume you have the following:
CoreShop requires Composer, a dependency manager for PHP, to be installed on the server. To install Composer, run the following command:
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/bin --filename=composer
Once done, verify that Composer is installed by running the following command:
composer -V
Next, navigate to your web server's document root and clone the CoreShop repository using the following command:
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/coreshop/CoreShop.git
This command will clone the CoreShop repository and install it in the /var/www/html directory.
Now, navigate to the CoreShop directory using the following command:
cd /var/www/html/CoreShop
Next, install the required dependencies by running the following command:
sudo composer install
This command will install all the necessary PHP packages and dependencies required by CoreShop.
Before using CoreShop, you need to configure the application's environment variables. For that, create a .env file in the CoreShop's root directory using the following command:
sudo cp .env.dist .env
Next, open the .env file using your favorite text editor and update the following variables according to your web server's configuration:
APP_ENV=dev
APP_SECRET=Your_Secret_Key
DATABASE_URL=mysql://db_user:db_password@localhost:3306/db_name
In the DATABASE_URL variable, replace db_user, db_password, and db_name with your MySQL or MariaDB's database username, password, and database name respectively.
Next, generate a new application secret key by running the following command:
php bin/console core:generate-secret
Copy the output of this command and paste it in the APP_SECRET variable in the .env file.
Now it's time to create the CoreShop database. To create the database, log in to your MySQL or MariaDB using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Enter your database's root password when prompted.
Next, create a new database using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE db_name;
Replace db_name with your preferred database name.
Once done, create a new MySQL or MariaDB user and grant all privileges on the new database using the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON db_name.* TO 'db_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'db_password';
Replace db_name, db_user, and db_password with your preferred database name, username, and password respectively.
After creating the user and granting privileges, save and exit by running the following command:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Next, initialize the CoreShop database using the following command:
php bin/console doctrine:schema:create
This command will create all the necessary database tables required by CoreShop.
Finally, we're ready to start the CoreShop web application. Navigate to the CoreShop root directory and run the following command:
php bin/console server:run
This command will start the CoreShop application and display the following output:
[OK] Server listening on http://127.0.0.1:8000
Access your web server using your browser by visiting http://localhost:8000 or http://127.0.0.1:8000. You should see the CoreShop homepage, meaning that the application is up and running.
Congratulations! You've successfully installed CoreShop on Fedora CoreOS. You can now use it to manage your online store and start selling products to your customers.
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