OpenCart is an open-source eCommerce platform that allows you to sell products online through your own website. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the installation of OpenCart on a Fedora Server.
Before we begin, make sure your server meets the following requirements:
First, download the latest version of OpenCart from the official website. You can do that by visiting the following URL:
https://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=cms/download/download&download_id=57
Once you have downloaded the ZIP file, open the terminal on your Fedora server and navigate to the directory where you have downloaded the file.
cd /path/to/your/download/folder
Unzip the archive using the unzip command:
unzip opencart-3.x.x.x.zip -d /var/www/html/
This will extract the OpenCart files into the web root folder of your Fedora server.
Next, we need to create a MySQL database for OpenCart. You can use the following command to create a new database:
mysql -u root -p
create database opencart_db;
grant all privileges on opencart_db.* to [email protected] identified by 'password';
exit
Replace opencart_db with the name of your database, username with your MySQL username, and password with a strong password of your choice.
OpenCart requires a few configuration settings to work properly. We will create a new configuration file and set the appropriate values.
cp /var/www/html/upload/config-dist.php /var/www/html/upload/config.php
cp /var/www/html/upload/admin/config-dist.php /var/www/html/upload/admin/config.php
Now, open the config.php file in your favorite text editor
nano /var/www/html/upload/config.php
Find the following lines in the file:
define('DB_USERNAME', 'username');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('DB_DATABASE', 'database');
define('DB_PORT', '3306');
Replace username, password, and database with your MySQL username, password, and database name, respectively.
Save and close the file.
Ensure that the htdocs directory has proper permissions by running the following command:
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/
Open your web browser and visit your server’s IP address or domain name followed by /upload. You will see the OpenCart installation page.
http://<your-server-IP>/upload
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation process.
After the installation, you can access the OpenCart admin panel by visiting:
http://<your-server-IP>/upload/admin
Log in with your credentials and start configuring your new OpenCart store.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed OpenCart on your Fedora Server!
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