How to Install PrestaShop on Fedora Server

PrestaShop is a powerful and feature-rich e-commerce platform that can help you create an online store quickly and easily. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PrestaShop on your Fedora server.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you need to make sure that your Fedora system meets the following requirements:

• A web server, such as Apache or Nginx, is installed and running.
• PHP version 7.2 or higher is installed and configured with your web server.
• A MySQL or MariaDB database server is up and running.

Step 1: Download PrestaShop

Visit the PrestaShop website at https://www.prestashop.com/ and download the compressed archive file for the latest version of PrestaShop. Extract the files from the archive to a desired location on your Fedora system.

Step 2: Create a Database for PrestaShop

Log in to your MySQL or MariaDB server using the command-line interface or a graphical tool like phpMyAdmin. Create a new database for PrestaShop:

CREATE DATABASE prestashop_db;

Create a new user with password and grant it full privileges to the database:

CREATE USER 'prestashop_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON prestashop_db.* TO 'prestashop_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace "prestashop_db" with the name of the database you created and "prestashop_user" with the desired username and "password" with the desired password.

Step 3: Configure your Web Server

If you are using Apache as your web server, you need to create a new virtual host configuration file for PrestaShop:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/prestashop.conf

Paste the following configuration into the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/prestashop
    ServerName example.com
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/prestashop-error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/prestashop-access.log combined

    <Directory /var/www/prestashop>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Replace "example.com" with your domain name, and "/var/www/prestashop" with the path to the location where you extracted the PrestaShop files.

Save and close the file.

If you are using Nginx, create a new server block configuration file for PrestaShop:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/prestashop.conf

Paste the following configuration into the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.com;

    error_log /var/log/nginx/prestashop-error.log;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/prestashop-access.log;

    root /var/www/prestashop;

    location / {
        index index.html index.htm index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

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

Replace "example.com" with your domain name, and "/var/www/prestashop" with the path to the location where you extracted the PrestaShop files.

Save and close the file.

Step 4: Install PrestaShop

Open your web browser and go to the URL of your PrestaShop website. You should see the installation page. Follow the instructions to install PrestaShop. When prompted, enter the database name, username, and password that you created in step 2.

After the installation is complete, you can log in to the admin panel using the credentials you provided during installation.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PrestaShop on your Fedora server. You can start customizing your online store and adding products.

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