How to Install S-Cart on FreeBSD Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing S-Cart, an open-source e-commerce platform written in PHP, on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have:

• A FreeBSD Latest server with root access
• PHP 7.2 or later
• MySQL 5.6 or later
• Composer

Step 1: Install Required Packages

First, you need to install the required packages: PHP, MySQL, and Composer. Run the following command to install them:

pkg install php72 mysql56-client composer

This will install the latest version of PHP and MySQL client along with Composer, a PHP package manager.

Step 2: Create a New Database

Next, you need to create a new MySQL database and user for S-Cart. Login to MySQL with the root user and create a new database and user for S-Cart, like so:

mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL root password and run the following commands:

CREATE DATABASE scart;
CREATE USER 'scartuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'scartpasswd';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON scart.* TO 'scartuser'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace scart, scartuser, and scartpasswd with your desired database name, username, and password, respectively.

Step 3: Download and Install S-Cart

Create a new directory for S-Cart in the /usr/local/www/ directory, and navigate to it:

mkdir /usr/local/www/scart
cd /usr/local/www/scart

Next, download the latest version of S-Cart from the official website using wget:

wget https://s-cart.org/download/s-cart-4.2.2.zip

Extract the downloaded zip file with the following command:

unzip s-cart-4.2.2.zip

Now, install the required dependencies using Composer:

composer install

Step 4: Configure S-Cart

Create a new config.php file in the /usr/local/www/scart/app/Config/ directory:

cp /usr/local/www/scart/app/Config/config.php.sample /usr/local/www/scart/app/Config/config.php

Then, open the file using a text editor:

vi /usr/local/www/scart/app/Config/config.php

Find the following lines:

define('DB_HOST', '');

define('DB_USER', '');

define('DB_PASSWORD', '');

define('DB_NAME', '');

And replace them with:

define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

define('DB_USER', 'scartuser');

define('DB_PASSWORD', 'scartpasswd');

define('DB_NAME', 'scart');

Save and exit the file.

Step 5: Secure S-Cart

Finally, secure your S-Cart installation by setting proper permissions and file ownership:

chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/scart/

chmod -R 755 /usr/local/www/scart/

chmod -R 777 /usr/local/www/scart/app/Lib/Logs/

chmod -R 777 /usr/local/www/scart/app/Lib/Cache/

Step 6: Access S-Cart

You can now access S-Cart on your web browser by entering your server's IP address followed by /scart/ in the address bar:

http://YOUR-IP-ADDRESS/scart/

Congratulations! You have successfully installed S-Cart on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start setting up your online store.

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