Sylius is an eCommerce framework based on Symfony. It is a modern, open-source eCommerce platform that provides merchants with an advanced CMS and infrastructure to manage their storefronts.
Kali Linux is a powerful, Debian-based operating system that is popular among ethical hackers, security researchers, and penetration testers. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Sylius on Kali Linux.
Before we get started, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:
Open your terminal and update the package manager index by running the following command:
sudo apt update
Next, install the necessary packages required for running Sylius. Execute the following command:
sudo apt install -y curl git zip unzip php7.4 php7.4-common php7.4-cli php7.4-fpm php7.4-mysql php7.4-sqlite php7.4-intl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml php7.4-curl php7.4-zip
These packages will be used to run the Sylius application.
Composer is a PHP dependency manager that is used to install, update and manage packages. You can download and install the Composer by running the following command:
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
After the installation is complete, you can verify that it was successful by running the following command:
composer --version
You should see the version number of Composer displayed.
Create a new directory where you want to install Sylius, and then clone the Sylius repository using the following command:
mkdir ~/sylius && cd ~/sylius
git clone https://github.com/Sylius/Sylius.git .
This command will create a new directory named sylius and will clone the Sylius project inside it.
Before we can install Sylius, we need to create a MySQL database and user for it. We will create a database named sylius and a user syliususer with a password password.
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE sylius;
CREATE USER 'syliususer'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON sylius.* TO 'syliususer'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Next, we need to install Sylius dependencies by running the Composer.
composer install
This process may take a few minutes to complete.
Once the installation is complete, you can set the database credentials and environment variables by copying the .env file from the .env.dist.
cp .env.dist .env
Now, open the .env file in your favorite editor and find the DATABASE_URL parameter. Replace the username, password, and database name with the ones you have created earlier.
DATABASE_URL=mysql://syliususer:password@localhost/sylius
Save and close the file.
After updating the .env file, we need to create the database schema by running the following command:
bin/console doctrine:database:create
bin/console doctrine:schema:update --force
This command will create the necessary tables in the database.
Finally, we can run the Sylius application by executing the following command:
symfony serve
This command will start the Symfony web server on http://localhost:8000 by default.
You can now access the Sylius application by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8000.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Sylius on Kali Linux. You should now have a working installation of Sylius on your Kali Linux system.
Sylius is a powerful eCommerce platform with many advanced features. If you are looking for an open-source platform to manage your storefront, Sylius is an excellent choice.
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