Installing Shopware Community Edition on NetBSD

Shopware is an open-source e-commerce platform that allows you to create your online store easily. If you want to install Shopware Community Edition on NetBSD, don't worry, it is not complicated. This tutorial will guide you through the process step by step.

Prerequisites

Before we start, you need to have a few things:

Step 1 - Install required packages

First, we need to install the required packages to run Shopware on NetBSD. To do that, execute the following command:

pkgin update
pkgin install php74 php74-pdo_mysql php74-dom php74-zip php74-gd nginx mysql-server php74-mysqlnd unzip

Step 2 - Install Nginx and configure it

After installing the required packages, it's time to install the Nginx web server. Execute the following command:

pkgin install nginx

Once it's installed, you need to create an Nginx configuration file. Create a new configuration file in /usr/pkg/etc/nginx/conf.d/shopware.conf:

server {
        listen 80;
        server_name yourdomain.com; # Replace with your domain name
        root /path/to/shopware;

        index index.html index.htm index.php;

        charset utf-8;

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

        location ~ \.php$ {
                try_files $uri =404;
                fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
                fastcgi_pass localhost:9000;
                fastcgi_index index.php;
                include fastcgi_params;
                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
                fastcgi_param PHP_VALUE "always_populate_raw_post_data=-1";
                fastcgi_param HTTP_PROXY "";
        }

        location /api {
                rewrite ^/api/(.*)$ /shopware.php?_dc=$1 last;
        }

        location /shopware {
                rewrite ^/shopware/(.*)$ /shopware.php?_dc=$1 last;
        }

        location /recovery/install {
                index index.php;
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
        }

        location /recovery/update {
                index index.php;
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
        }

        location /recovery/install/data {
                internal;
                try_files /maintenance.html =503;
        }

        location /recovery/update/data {
                internal;
                try_files /maintenance.html =503;
        }

        location /recovery/common {
                index index.php;
                try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$is_args$args;
        }

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

        location ~ /\. {
                deny all;
                access_log off;
                log_not_found off;
        }
}

Make sure to replace the server name and root path with your specific values.

After creating the configuration file, reload the Nginx service:

rcctl enable nginx
rcctl start nginx

Step 3 - Install MySQL and create a database

Shopware requires a MySQL database to run. To install MySQL on NetBSD, execute the following command:

pkgin install mariadb-10.5

Once it's installed, start and enable it as a service:

rcctl enable mysqld
rcctl start mysqld

After starting the MySQL service, set up a root password:

mysqladmin -u root password NEWPASSWORD

Now, log in to MySQL as the root user and create a new database for Shopware:

mysql -u root -p
create database shopware_db;

Step 4 - Download and extract Shopware

The last step is to download and extract the Shopware Community Edition. You can download the latest version of Shopware from the official website: https://www.shopware.com/community/. Once it's downloaded, extract it to the /path/to/shopware directory:

cd /path/to/shopware
unzip /path/to/shopware.zip

Step 5 - Install and configure Shopware

To install and configure Shopware, open your web browser and navigate to http://<your server IP>/recovery/install/index.php. Follow the installation wizard to set up Shopware. During the installation, make sure to select "MySQL" as the database type and enter the database name, username, and password you created earlier.

After the installation finishes, you should be able to access your Shopware store by navigating to http://<your server IP>/.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Shopware Community Edition on NetBSD!

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