How to Install Sylius on OpenBSD

Sylius is an open-source e-commerce platform based on Symfony. It is built on top of Symfony and other widely-used PHP packages. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Sylius on OpenBSD.

Requirements

• OpenBSD 6.9 or later
• Nginx or Apache web server
• PHP 7.4 or later
• MySQL or PostgreSQL database

Step 1: Install required packages

First, update your OpenBSD system by running the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add -u

Next, install the required packages for PHP, MySQL or PostgreSQL, and the web server of your choice. For example, let's install Apache, PHP, and PostgreSQL:

$ sudo pkg_add apache php php-pdo_pgsql postgresql-server

Step 2: Install Composer

Sylius requires Composer to manage its dependencies. You can install Composer with the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add composer

Step 3: Set up your database

Before installing Sylius, we need to set up our database. This tutorial will explain how to set up a PostgreSQL database. If you prefer to use MySQL, just substitute the appropriate commands.

First, create a new PostgreSQL database and user:

$ sudo su - _postgresql
$ createdb sylius
$ createuser -P sylius

You will be prompted to enter a password for the new user.

Next, create a new schema in the database:

$ psql sylius
sylius=# CREATE SCHEMA sylius;

Finally, grant the new user privileges on the new schema:

sylius=# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON SCHEMA sylius TO sylius;
sylius=# \q

Step 4: Install Sylius

Now that we have our database set up, we can install Sylius. Change into your web server's document root directory, then run the following command to install Sylius:

$ composer create-project sylius/sylius-standard my-project

This command will create a new directory called my-project that contains the Sylius installation.

To configure Sylius, copy the .env file and edit it according to your environment:

$ cd my-project
$ cp .env.dist .env
$ nano .env

Update the following lines to reflect your PostgreSQL settings:

DATABASE_URL=pgsql://sylius:sylius@localhost/sylius?serverVersion=13

Save and exit the file.

Step 5: Configure your web server

Finally, configure your web server to serve the Sylius installation. For Apache, create a new virtual host configuration file:

$ sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/modules.d/010_my-project.conf

Add the following content to the file, replacing my-project with the name of your Sylius installation directory:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName my-project.local
    DocumentRoot /var/www/my-project/public

    <Directory /var/www/my-project>
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    <Directory /var/www/my-project/public>
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted

        <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
            Options -MultiViews

            RewriteEngine On
            RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
            RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [QSA,L]
        </IfModule>
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save and exit the file, then restart Apache:

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/apache24 restart

For Nginx, create a new server block configuration file:

$ sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/my-project.conf

Add the following content to the file, replacing my-project with the name of your Sylius installation directory:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name my-project.local;
    root /var/www/my-project/public;

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

    location ~ ^/index\.php(/|$) {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param SYLIUS_ENV dev;
        fastcgi_param APP_ENV dev;
        fastcgi_param APP_DEBUG 1;
        internal;
    }
}

Save and exit the file, then create a symbolic link to enable the server block:

$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/my-project.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Finally, reload Nginx:

$ sudo /etc/rc.d/nginx reload

Conclusion

Sylius is now installed on your OpenBSD server! You can now access the Sylius installation by visiting your server's domain name or IP address in your web browser.

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